1. Reflect on the precept.
Food for thought:
NOTE: Do NOT list answers to these questions. You will use them to guide your thoughts before writing.
Food for thought:
- What does it mean to you, in your life?
- Have you ever used this philosophy?
- Have you ever wished you had used it?
- Do you think you'll use it in the future?
NOTE: Do NOT list answers to these questions. You will use them to guide your thoughts before writing.
September: How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world!
~Anne Frank
October: “When given the choice between being right and being kind, choose kind.” ~Dr. Wayne Dyer
November: "Wisdom is like a baobab tree: No one person can embrace it, but a tribe can." ~African Proverb
December: “You can complain because roses have thorns, or you can be grateful because thorn bushes have roses!”
~Alphonse Karr
January: “The vision of a champion is bent over, drenched in sweat, at the point of exhaustion, when nobody else is looking.” ~Mia Hamm
February: “It's really quite simple. One sees clearly only with the heart. Everything essential is invisible to the eyes."
~Antoine de Saint-Exupery in The Little Prince
March: "Turn your wounds into wisdom.” ~Oprah Winfrey
April: "Not all of us can do great things, but we can do small things with great love.” ~Mother Teresa
May:“It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness." ~Eleanor Roosevelt
June:
~Anne Frank
October: “When given the choice between being right and being kind, choose kind.” ~Dr. Wayne Dyer
November: "Wisdom is like a baobab tree: No one person can embrace it, but a tribe can." ~African Proverb
December: “You can complain because roses have thorns, or you can be grateful because thorn bushes have roses!”
~Alphonse Karr
January: “The vision of a champion is bent over, drenched in sweat, at the point of exhaustion, when nobody else is looking.” ~Mia Hamm
February: “It's really quite simple. One sees clearly only with the heart. Everything essential is invisible to the eyes."
~Antoine de Saint-Exupery in The Little Prince
March: "Turn your wounds into wisdom.” ~Oprah Winfrey
April: "Not all of us can do great things, but we can do small things with great love.” ~Mother Teresa
May:“It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness." ~Eleanor Roosevelt
June:
- Kaitlyn: "When people say you can't do it, make it a point to prove them wrong!"
- Brandon: "Do not put off for tomorrow what can be done today." Benjamin Franklin
- Jake: " Friends are like passing clouds. They come and go."
- Ewan: "Do or do not. There is no try." Yoda
- Cristian: "Try to be a rainbow in someone's cloud." Maya Angelou
- Brian: "Speak only if it improves upon the silence." Gandhi
- Alyssa: "When people cut you out, put yourself back in. When people push you down, raise yourself back up. When people aren't real friends, make new ones that are." ~Kaitlyn A.
- Jaydon: "Life is only beautiful if you see it that way."
- Clairevy: "If you have the courage to bully someone, you should have the courage to stand up for someone."
- Livia: "Happiness can be found in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light." ~Dumbledore (J.K. Rowling)
- Elena: " When you laugh, gladness spreads like ripples in a pond and when you are sad, no one anywhere can really be happy." ~Reason in The Phantom Tollbooth (Norton Juster)
- Joseph: "However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at."
- Julian: " In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity." ~Albert Einstein
- Sarah Mae: "We were born to be real, not perfect."
- Mark: " Variety is the spice of life which gives it all its flavor." ~William Copwer
- Uday: "You can't be afraid to fail, it's the only way to succeed." ~LeBron James
- Ivana: "Why fit in when you were born to stand out?" ~Dr. Seuss
- Liam: "Knowledge, like a seed, needs the right time to bloom." ~Max Brooks
- Sophia: "Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans." ~John Lennon
- Stella: "Be a free thinker and don't accept everything you hear as truth. Be critical and evaluate what you believe in." ~Aristotle
- Jack: "Celebrate what you've accomplished, but raise the bar a little higher each time you succeed." ~Mia Hamm
- Monica: "All you need is love." ~John Lennon
- Mrs. Stanco: "Improve the World; Choose Kind; Embrace Wisdom; Look for the Roses; See with your Heart; Turn Wounds into Wisdom; Have Great Love; Be the Candle in the Darkness!"
- Nathaniel: