July 9, 2017July 2, 2019lizziefortinLeave a Comment on The Philosopher King: “For I believe a good king is from the outset and by necessity a philosopher, and the philosopher is from the outset a kingly person.” The Philosopher King: “For I believe a good king is from the outset and by necessity a philosopher, and the philosopher is from the outset a kingly person.”
July 8, 2017July 2, 2019lizziefortinLeave a Comment on Stop Monkeying Around: we have to quit monkeying around and be the owners of our own lives. Character can be developed, and when it is, self respect will ensue. Stop Monkeying Around: we have to quit monkeying around and be the owners of our own lives. Character can be developed, and when it is, self respect will ensue.
July 7, 2017July 2, 2019lizziefortinLeave a Comment on Our Duty To Learn: “this is what you should teach me, how to be like Odysseus- how to love my country, wife and father, and how, even after suffering shipwreck, I might keep sailing on course to those honorable ends.” Our Duty To Learn: “this is what you should teach me, how to be like Odysseus- how to love my country, wife and father, and how, even after suffering shipwreck, I might keep sailing on course to those honorable ends.”
July 7, 2017July 2, 2019lizziefortinLeave a Comment on Where Do I Even Start? Pt.2 Where Do I Even Start? Pt.2
July 6, 2017July 2, 2019lizziefortinLeave a Comment on Rise and Shine: we cannot be of service to ourselves, to other people, or to the world unless we get up and get working- the earlier the better. Rise and Shine: we cannot be of service to ourselves, to other people, or to the world unless we get up and get working- the earlier the better.
July 5, 2017July 2, 2019lizziefortinLeave a Comment on No One Said It’d Be Easy: Thankfully, you’re not like everyone. You’re not afraid of doing what is hard. You can resist superficially attractive rewards. Can’t you? No One Said It’d Be Easy: Thankfully, you’re not like everyone. You’re not afraid of doing what is hard. You can resist superficially attractive rewards. Can’t you?
July 4, 2017July 2, 2019lizziefortinLeave a Comment on Protect The Flame: “Protect your own good in all that you do, and as concerns everything else take what is given as far as you can make reasoned use of it. If you don’t, you’ll be unlucky, prone to failure, hindered and stymied.” Protect The Flame: “Protect your own good in all that you do, and as concerns everything else take what is given as far as you can make reasoned use of it. If you don’t, you’ll be unlucky, prone to failure, hindered and stymied.”
July 3, 2017July 2, 2019lizziefortinLeave a Comment on Turn Have To into Get To: today, don’t try to impose your will on the world. Instead see yourself as fortunate to receive and respond to the will in the world. Turn Have To into Get To: today, don’t try to impose your will on the world. Instead see yourself as fortunate to receive and respond to the will in the world.
July 2, 2017July 2, 2019lizziefortinLeave a Comment on On Duty and Circumstance: morality can be complicated- but the right thing is usually clear and intuitive enough to feel in our gut. Our duty is rarely easy, but it is important. On Duty and Circumstance: morality can be complicated- but the right thing is usually clear and intuitive enough to feel in our gut. Our duty is rarely easy, but it is important.
