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: "When given the choice between being right and being kind, choose kind.” ~Dr. Wayne Dyer"
October: “The vision of a champion is bent over, drenched in sweat, at the point of exhaustion, when nobody else is looking.” ~Mia Hamm
November: "You are responsible for everything you put into action." ~John Donnelly
December: “How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world!”
~ Anne Frank
January: "Wisdom is like a baobab tree: No one person can embrace it, but a tribe can." ~African Proverb
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: "You can complain because roses have thorns, or you can be grateful because thorn bushes have roses!"
~Alphonse Karr
May: "Not all of us can do great things, but we can do small things with great love." ~Mother Teresa
June:
Michael: "Fall on your sword". (Take responsibility for your own actions.)
Antonio: " Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened." ~Dr. Seuss
Jessica: "It is our choices that show us who we are, far more than our abilities." ~Albus Dumbledore
Gabriel: "The worst thing you can do is take advantage of other's forgiveness."
Amiya: "We all have the same roots and we are all branches of the same tree.'
Sophia: " Everyone has a superhero inside of them waiting to be discovered."
Isabella G.: "Be yourself. Everybody else is already taken." ~Oscar Wilde
Victoria: " If you only believe in yourself, you can do anything."
Cole: "If you aren't going all the way, why go at all?" ~Joe Namath
Dean: "Reach for the stars."
Naomi: "When life gives you lemons, make lemonade." ~Elbert Hubbard
Alonzo: "It doesn't cost to be nice."
Gabby: "Just be who you want to be, not what others want to see."
Vito: "The past is history, the future is a mystery and today is a gift, that is why we call it the present." ~Bill Keane
Joshua: "Where does a tree fall? A tree falls to a path it chooses." ~Dr. Seuss
Brianna: "It costs nothing to be nice."
Josiah: "The sunshine of the day can only come from inside of you."
Sania: "You might not think you have the courage to do things, but everyone does. You just have to find it."
Jazlyn: "Life is like a roller coaster, with all of its ups and downs."
Giulia: "If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to it." ~Jonathan Winters
Alivia: "You must do the things you think you cannot do." ~Eleanor Roosevelt
Andrew: "Why put off to tomorrow that which you can do today."
Mark: "Failure isn't a failure, it's just an opportunity to begin more intelligently."
Isabella W.: " No one ever made a difference by being like anyone else." ~P.T. Barnum
Noor: It's going to be hard, but hard doesn't mean impossible."
October: “The vision of a champion is bent over, drenched in sweat, at the point of exhaustion, when nobody else is looking.” ~Mia Hamm
November: "You are responsible for everything you put into action." ~John Donnelly
December: “How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world!”
~ Anne Frank
January: "Wisdom is like a baobab tree: No one person can embrace it, but a tribe can." ~African Proverb
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: "You can complain because roses have thorns, or you can be grateful because thorn bushes have roses!"
~Alphonse Karr
May: "Not all of us can do great things, but we can do small things with great love." ~Mother Teresa
June:
Michael: "Fall on your sword". (Take responsibility for your own actions.)
Antonio: " Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened." ~Dr. Seuss
Jessica: "It is our choices that show us who we are, far more than our abilities." ~Albus Dumbledore
Gabriel: "The worst thing you can do is take advantage of other's forgiveness."
Amiya: "We all have the same roots and we are all branches of the same tree.'
Sophia: " Everyone has a superhero inside of them waiting to be discovered."
Isabella G.: "Be yourself. Everybody else is already taken." ~Oscar Wilde
Victoria: " If you only believe in yourself, you can do anything."
Cole: "If you aren't going all the way, why go at all?" ~Joe Namath
Dean: "Reach for the stars."
Naomi: "When life gives you lemons, make lemonade." ~Elbert Hubbard
Alonzo: "It doesn't cost to be nice."
Gabby: "Just be who you want to be, not what others want to see."
Vito: "The past is history, the future is a mystery and today is a gift, that is why we call it the present." ~Bill Keane
Joshua: "Where does a tree fall? A tree falls to a path it chooses." ~Dr. Seuss
Brianna: "It costs nothing to be nice."
Josiah: "The sunshine of the day can only come from inside of you."
Sania: "You might not think you have the courage to do things, but everyone does. You just have to find it."
Jazlyn: "Life is like a roller coaster, with all of its ups and downs."
Giulia: "If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to it." ~Jonathan Winters
Alivia: "You must do the things you think you cannot do." ~Eleanor Roosevelt
Andrew: "Why put off to tomorrow that which you can do today."
Mark: "Failure isn't a failure, it's just an opportunity to begin more intelligently."
Isabella W.: " No one ever made a difference by being like anyone else." ~P.T. Barnum
Noor: It's going to be hard, but hard doesn't mean impossible."