August 5, 2017July 1, 2019lizziefortinLeave a Comment on Silence is Strength: “silence is a lesson learned from the many sufferings of life.” Silence is Strength: “silence is a lesson learned from the many sufferings of life.”
August 4, 2017July 1, 2019lizziefortinLeave a Comment on No Blame, Just Focus: no matter what happens today, no matter where you find yourself, shift to what lies within your reasoned choices. No Blame, Just Focus: no matter what happens today, no matter where you find yourself, shift to what lies within your reasoned choices.
August 3, 2017July 1, 2019lizziefortinLeave a Comment on The Good Life is Anywhere: the place to do your work, to live the good life, is here. The Good Life is Anywhere: the place to do your work, to live the good life, is here.
August 2, 2017July 1, 2019lizziefortinLeave a Comment on We Can Work Anyway: “indeed, how could exile be an obstacle to a person’s own cultivation, or to attaining virtue when no one has ever been cut off from learning or practicing what is needed by exile?” We Can Work Anyway: “indeed, how could exile be an obstacle to a person’s own cultivation, or to attaining virtue when no one has ever been cut off from learning or practicing what is needed by exile?”
August 1, 2017July 1, 2019lizziefortinLeave a Comment on Don’t Go Expecting Perfection: today, we won’t let our honest understanding of the world stop us from making the best of it. Nor will we let petty annoyances and minor obstacles get in the way of the important job we have to do. Don’t Go Expecting Perfection: today, we won’t let our honest understanding of the world stop us from making the best of it. Nor will we let petty annoyances and minor obstacles get in the way of the important job we have to do.
July 31, 2017July 1, 2019lizziefortinLeave a Comment on Your Career Is Not A Life Sentence: take pride in your work. But it is not all. Your Career Is Not A Life Sentence: take pride in your work. But it is not all.
July 30, 2017July 1, 2019lizziefortinLeave a Comment on Stoic Joy: can you be fully content with your life, can you bravely face what life has in store from one day to the next, can you bounce back from every adversity without losing a step, can you be a source of strength and inspiration to others around you? Stoic Joy: can you be fully content with your life, can you bravely face what life has in store from one day to the next, can you bounce back from every adversity without losing a step, can you be a source of strength and inspiration to others around you?
July 29, 2017July 1, 2019lizziefortinLeave a Comment on A Cure for the Self: don’t you deserve to flourish? Wouldn’t you like to be great of soul, filled with confidence, and invincible to external events? Wouldn’t you like to be like the proverbial onion, packed with layers of greatness? A Cure for the Self: don’t you deserve to flourish? Wouldn’t you like to be great of soul, filled with confidence, and invincible to external events? Wouldn’t you like to be like the proverbial onion, packed with layers of greatness?
July 28, 2017July 1, 2019lizziefortinLeave a Comment on Check Your Privilege: it is our duty to understand and be patient with others. Check Your Privilege: it is our duty to understand and be patient with others.
July 27, 2017July 1, 2019lizziefortinLeave a Comment on Where is anything better? Virtue is the one good that reveals itself to be more than we expect and something that once cannot have in degrees. Where is anything better? Virtue is the one good that reveals itself to be more than we expect and something that once cannot have in degrees.