Anne Smith’s latest challenging from Hilarion. Always Words of wisdom, says me. Halirion says:
Cardinal virtues are those which help steer our lives. Let them be kindness, acceptance, appreciation, and wonder. This will create a beautiful life.
Most of us have goals in life. We want to be or do something. We’d like to be a successful musician. We long for a vacation to Hawaii. Our goals are usually about what we want to become or experience. They have a tangible, desired outcome. Success with this type of goal changes the outside reality of our lives.
Less frequently, our aims are about how we want to live our lives. We may wish to be more generous, tolerant, thankful, or peaceful. These pursuits don’t have a specific endpoint. They involve the process of changing how we feel and think on the inside. Our interior shifts will result in outer changes in what we do and say, and in how we experience life. They won’t have a deadline or diploma at the end. Yet they will help us enjoy life more, whatever it brings.
Being a happier, more fulfilled person in any circumstances is perhaps the most important thing we can do to help ourselves achieve our material goals. Outer change is most successfully initiated, supported, and achieved by inner change. Gratitude and joy in life will bring us more of what appreciate.
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