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Virtues
Not morality in the sense of right and wrong, but the Ancient Philosophical notion of a lifetime spent in the pursuit of excellence. Or honour, integrity and character.
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How to Identify a Marriageable Man
This led me to wonder whether there was a time when men were mercilessly judged by women, and actually there was; as a marriageable man. It was about their suitability as husbands so perhaps more realistically the scrutiny came from girl’s fathers, but girls were given advice about what they should consider and this is what I am presenting to you today.
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How to Get Exercise Into Your Life
have been thinking a lot about exercise recently. I have acknowledged in my last few progress reports that I need to move more, but I haven’t actually done anything about it. Shame on me.
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Virtue of Pleasure
When I talk about excellence in pleasure, I’m not talking debauched sensual pleasures, fun though that sounds. I’m thinking about the satisfaction that comes from overcoming obstacles.
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Virtue of Friendship; Contribution
I’m now proposing it’s possible to be friends with people we don’t know, by making contributions toward their wellbeing.
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Virtue of Friendship; Family
At one end fo the continuum, a family is held together by duty, and the other by love. For one Christmas is rules and obligations, the other a good fun catch up. The child serves the parents, or the parents the child.
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Virtue of Friendship; Friends
You can have a lot of friends, (some might be animals or relatives, and some not), but only about 10% off them will be special enough to be besties.
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Virtue of Friendship; Creatures
I believe you can have friendships with two different kinds of creatures; your companion animals and wild animals.
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Virtue of Friendship
I realised I had to talk about the Virtue of Friendship before I could get into planning for friendship with creatures in the next post. Mainly because we need to know about friendship before we can talk about how that relates to things that aren’t people (as shown in the revised virtues table shown below.)
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Virtue of Beauty; a Beautiful Garden
My initial thoughts on a beautiful garden were lush flowers, abundant produce, weather protection and mystical threshold. It also has habitats for “wild” native and domesticated creatures. That sounds quite small and simple, but in fact it’s HUGE!!!
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Virtue of Beauty; a beautiful home
For me, a beautiful home is a functional home that works well. I said I wanted a happy home that was small and comfortable. I went so far as to say it would NOT be full of relics from bygone times, and might even be Spartan.
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Virtue of Beauty; a Beautiful Presence
Your authentic self is initially seen through personal presentation – your beautiful presence; your clothes, hair and makeup.
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Virtue of Beauty; a Beautiful Body
We would probably all agree that, in general, a beautiful body is a fit and healthy body the result of good diet, exercise and sleeping habits.
