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July 17 - August 30, 2020
ARISTOTLE Our character, basically, is a composite of our habits. “Sow a thought, reap an action; sow an action, reap a habit; sow a habit, reap a character; sow a character, reap a destiny,”
Between stimulus and response, man has the freedom to choose.
As Eleanor Roosevelt observed, “No one can hurt
you without your consent.”
Our basic nature is to act, and not be acted upon.
Make small commitments and keep them. Be a light, not a judge. Be a model, not a critic. Be part of the solution, not part of the problem.
covenants, ordinances, scripture study, empathy, compassion, and many different forms of the use of both conscience and imagination.
*** Dag Hammarskjöld, past Secretary-General of the United Nations, once made a profound, far-reaching statement: “It is more noble to give yourself completely to one individual than to labor diligently for the salvation of the masses.”
Seek first to understand, then to be understood.
Like the Far Eastern philosophy, “We seek not to imitate the masters, rather we seek what
they sought,”
The attitude was “If a person of your intelligence and competence and commitment disagrees with me, then there must be something to your disagreement
that I don’t understand, and I need to understand it. You have a perspective, a frame of reference I need to look at.”
