Centre for Inspired Living

March’s Virtues of the Week

Virtue of the week March 7th 2010 - CLEANLINESS

Cleanliness means washing often, keeping your body clean and wearing clean clothes.  Cleanliness protects you from disease.  If you make a mistake…clean it up.  Make amends and then act differently.  Avoid looking at, listening to, or eating things that harm you.  Cleanliness is also putting things away after you use them, when a room is clean and orderly, your mind feels clean and uncluttered too.  A clean mind keeps you feeling peaceful.

Virtue of the week March 14th 2010 - PEACEFULNESS

Peacefulness is an inner sense of calm.  It comes especially in quiet moments of reflection or gratitude.  It is a way of approaching conflict with others so that no one is made wrong.  It is being fair to others and yourself.  When you are peaceful, you respect others and their differences.  You feel calm and safe and when you are peaceful…others around you feel calm and safe too.  With peacefulness, any problem can be solved.  Peace in the world begins with peace in your heart.

Virtue of the week March 21st 2010 - HONOUR

Honour is living with a sense of respect for what you believe is right.  When you are honourable you keep your promises without anyone reminding you and you do the right thing regardless of what others are doing.  You honour yourself by being your best, when you act with honour you set a good example, not just to be admired but because you know it is right.  People respect and look up to someone who is honourable.

Virtue of the week March 28th 2010 - IDEALISM

A person with ideals is a person who really cares about what is right and meaningful in life.  When you practice idealism you have beliefs that mean something to you and you follow them.  You don’t just accept things the way they are.  Idealists dare to have big dreams and then act as if they are possible.  When you practice idealism you trust that tomorrow can be better than today.  You see what is possible and act to make it happen.

-  Linda Kavelin Poplov, The Virtues Project Educators Guide

Logistics:

Ages: 3-12

Care will be available: 9:45am during the meditation time.

10:30 Lesson Begins

Ground Rules

Be Considerate - Feelings are important we always want to encourage everyone to tell the truth about their feelings - we always want to let everyone have their own feelings and not to ever  feel embarrassed about having feelings

Be Kind - Speak with gentle and nice words - everybody here is your friend - we are all friends here at CIL.

Be Respectful - We are all here to learn - Follow directions of all your teachers. Listen quietly while others are speaking.

Be a Peacemaker -When Angry- Remember to be kind to yourself - Remember to be kind to others - Remember to be respectful of things - Use words instead of hands.

It is my choice to follow these ground rules - if I make a different choice I will take responsibility for my actions.