Kindness

Doing something kind and generous for someone else often takes effort, and yet each time you do it, you realize that it’s the best way to live.

Look for ways to make someone else’s day or week a little brighter, a little more enjoyable, a little more relaxing, a little more fun. As you do, you’re making your own day or week the same.

Forgiveness

Choosing to forgive another is one of the hardest things most people ever do, especially if it's undeserved. It's hard because it's not human nature. Human nature cries out for revenge and retribution. But why get stuck in human nature?

Whether that person who wronged you deserves forgiveness or not is not the central issue. The central issue is you doing the right thing. Forgiveness is greater than justice. Justice is human; forgiveness is divine.

Tolerance

It's easy to respect people who you have a lot in common with, but respecting others' right to think and be different is even more important, as well as more endearing.

Gratitude

Gratitude causes us to focus on all the wonderful things that we have instead of what we think we’re missing or haven’t yet received. Recognizing that we have so much, and focusing with gratitude on that abundance, opens the door for more blessings to come into our lives.

Faith

Faith is believing, faith is hoping, faith is trusting. Faith refuses to call anything impossible. Faith refuses to quit or to be defeated. Faith refuses to allow its joy and peace to be stolen by circumstances or difficulties.

Desire to Learn

Look at the little birds as they learn how to take flight for the first time. Look at the little kittens and puppies and how enthusiastic they are about each opportunity to explore and learn new things. Learning and growing makes the world beautiful, and it can make your life beautiful as well.

Perseverance

A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn into glorious success.

When you’re not good at something, you encounter a lot of seeming “failure.” But if you keep doing it over and over, and learning from the reactions you get, pretty soon you’ll be good and then great.

Courage

A new challenge can be very awkward, even scary at first. But if we deliberately put ourselves out there and do the very thing that we’re afraid of, it becomes easier and we get better at it. Eventually we will no longer be afraid. That is conquering our fears!

Positive Attitude

It's only natural to see all the things that are wrong with the situation, or to remember all the times you had it better, or to look at those who currently seem to have it better, but you're not going to be happy that way. You will be happy, though, if you decide that you're going to be thankful for what you have, rather than dwelling on what you don't have.

Generosity

If we give to others, yield to their wishes to make them happy, or put their needs above our own, we can sometimes feel like we're losing out. But we're not really. God sees such unselfishness, and He will reward it. You never lose by giving.

Respect

Respect is manifested through consideration, understanding, thoughtfulness, a willingness to listen, and loving communication. And it works both ways; if you want people to show you respect, show them respect.

Patience

Patience is the ability to persevere calmly when faced with difficulties. We often need to be patient, either with people or with circumstances, and we need to do so in a spirit of love.

Anger management

Truly great folks never stoop to answer petty things;
The unkind word, the bitter cut that rankles deep and stings.
They are too big to notice them. They simply pass them by,
And even with a smile sometimes or twinkle in the eye.
For they have found that after all 'twas better in the end
To meet it with a smile, and then, Just let it pass, my friend.

Personal Responsibility

We have the capability of making independent choices, and by the same token, we are personally responsible for our decisions and their outcomes, and we must take responsibility for how things play out.

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