Considerations of Work

~ Where ids the virtue in the renunciation of action? Is doing less and less until all is done still doing?

~ Is there a man who has found, or who finds, bliss in doing what he knows to be his duty? I bet there is.

~ Let each man play his part in all he finds to do. It seems a kind of freedom.

~ Isn't the bliss in the doing, rather than in the results? Is there no virtue in the doing?

~ Satisfaction and serenity can be found in the effort as much as in the results of the effort. 

~ Each in his chosen work, and who does not choose, may learn to govern his heart and untangle his observations.

~ What is the virtue in work? Might attainment through meditation hold as much virtue as gathering potatoes for ones family? Lots to consider.


One may consider each as a door to a kind of meditation..

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Imperfect Affirmations

~ I am ready, willing, and able to learn to refocus now.
~ I am ready, willing, and able to learn to be this season. 
~ I am ready, will, and able to let myself be in the right place now.
~ I am ready, willing and able to learn to honor my parents appropriately now.
~ I am ready to love appropriately now.
~ I am ready, willing and able to learn to expect friendship now.
~ I am ready and willing to practice seeing true sanity here and now.
~ I am ready and willing to practice experiencing true abundance here and now.
~ I propose to expect the best right now.
~ I propose to let the best come to me right here.
~ I propose to approach the best right here.
~ I am ready, willing and able to learn to note and area of my discomfort now.
~ I expect to be very honest with myself now.
~ My preconscious gives me more useful vision now.
~ I am ready and willing to learn to inquire a bit more deeply now.
~ I am ready, willing and able to to learn to let myself be honored this season.
~ I am ready, willing, and able to let myself be celebrated this here and now.

Character

"Character" has a variety of meanings; many built around the etching of your stamp.

Here are a few of the 'talking points' about how it was for a significant number of your ancestors:
~ Those in their formative years were taught that character was about who they were,who they were becoming, and their quality as a person.
~ Persons from about nine to nineteen might be given books about character building.
~ Graduation speeches were often about character.
~ Many sermons dealt with character.
~ One of the great jobs of youth was character building.
~ Good character was a prize of great worth.
~ It was about what your spine was made of.
~ Ir was about goodness and virtue.
~ The main part of character was that part subject to will and learning.
~ Ir was about what you did with your attributes, traits, and abilities.
~ It was about true grit.
~ Ir was about your moral and ethical strength, your integrity.
~ In part it was about your reputation.
~ You were distinguished by your character.
~ A person of good character my be brave, clean, and reverent, or competent and dependable.
~ What, for you, are the marks of good character? Honesty is high on my list. 
~ What have the great teachers of mankind said about character?

Studs Terkle

He has gone to "a better place." Hope he raises some thoughtful and kind hell there.

He's dead. He's missed.

He had balls and brains.

Does the Chicago Historical Society care which was Jewish and which was Polish

Affirmations

What do you know about "affirming?" What would you like to know? What would you like others to know? What would you like to see me do with my affirmations? What do you do with yours?

~ I am getting in touch with another feeling of mine this month.
~ I am ready and willing to learn to better remember what it means to be in touch with a feeling here.
~ My hopes are rising more appropriately here.
~ I seek to cause excellence around me this season.
~ I seek to do less and less until all is done.
~ I propose to have an abundance of good doings here and now.
~ I am ready, willing, and able to learn to give myself abundant joy here and now.
~ I choose to have more realistic expectations right now.
~ I propose to enjoy my world right here.
~ I don't have to do anything right here.
~ I propose to remember that I don't have to do anything right here.
~ I propose to decide to do it right here.
~ I expect to make it happen right here.
~ I propose to discover the source and cause of my problem right here.
~ I intend to appropriately trust the best available advice appropriately now.
~ I intend to get the best available advice outside of myself right here.

Affirmations You May Use Too

~ I intend to experiment with a new way of acting upon my life right here and right now.
~ I am beginning to see a more interesting path now.
~ I am beginning to see another way to go right here.
~ I intend to see my way clearly this season.
~ I propose to find and look down a pleasant path right here and right now.
~ I see great paths and ways this week.
~ I am ready, willing, and able to learn ro demonstrate love for myself here and now.
~ I am ready, willing, and able to learn to forgive myself here and now.
~ I propose to be good to myself this month.
~ I am ready and willing to learn to be gentle with myself now.
~ I propose to better protect myself from loud amplified sound right here and right now.
~ I am ready, willing, and able to learn now to appropriately include myself in my focus on the here and now.
~ I intend to take better care of myself right here.
~ I am ready and willing to learn to better observe my behavior now.
~ I intend to lovingly act in my own best interest right here.
~ I practice the best right here.
~ I propose to learn to recognize the best around me now.

Self Awareness

I like the idea of participating in reality.

My understanding is limited.

My senses are limited.

There are times during which I act with care, energy, and enthusiasm.

I'd like to understand more.

What I see at this moment is not true to our best understanding.

I have a world that exists in my mind.

I believe in a world outside of my mind that will exist when my mind does not.

I expect to change and grow.

I think that is good to act in accord with my best understanding.

I believe in reality within me and around me.

I could use some help to become a better student.

I encourage the development of my awareness.