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    • 1 Dormancy
      • Week 01: Human Worth
      • Week 02: Universality
      • Week 03: Justice
      • Week 04: Suffering
      • Week 05: Humility
      • Week 06: Avoiding Harm, or Evil
      • Week 07: Engaging the World
      • Week 08: Order
    • 2 Sowing
      • Week 09: Preferences (Desire)
      • Week 10: Autonomy
      • Week 11: Life as a Journey
      • Week 12: Renewal
      • Week 13: Hope and Optimism
      • Week 14: Self-esteem (Self-worth begins)
      • Week 15: Self-confidence
      • Week 16: Independence (Self-competence)
    • 3 Growth
      • Week 17: Our Future
      • Week 18: Honesty
      • Week 19: Obligation in the World
      • Week 20: Duty toward Others
      • Week 21: Awakening
      • Week 22: Obstacles and Opportunities
      • Week 23: Individuality and Community
    • 4 Ripening
      • Week 24: Honoring
      • Week 25: Excellence
      • Week 26: An Ethic of Generous Service
      • Week 27: Openness
      • Week 28: Transcendence
      • Week 29: Wisdom
      • Week 30: Caring
      • Week 31: Courage
      • Week 32: Citizenship
    • 5 Interlude
      • Week 33: Grounding and Well-Roundedness
      • Week 34: Assertiveness
      • Week 35: Restoration
    • 6 Fulfillment
      • Week 36: Creativity
      • Week 37: Truth
      • Week 38: Love
      • Week 39: Faith
      • Week 40: Rebirth
    • 7 Assessing
      • Week 41: Home and the Past
      • Week 42: Vitality
      • Week 43: Self-actualization and Integrity
      • Week 44: Connectedness
      • Week 45: Empowerment
      • Week 46: Equality
    • 8 Harvest and Celebration
      • Week 47: Flourishing
      • Week 48: Focus and Perspective
      • Week 49: Change
      • Week 50: Finding Our Niche
      • Week 51: Accepting / Surrendering
      • Week 52: Living Religiously
      • Week 53: Celebration and Remembrance
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Week 48: Focus and Perspective

Cycles – Seasons

Cycles – Seasons

There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity . . . [The Bible, Ecclesiastes 3:1.] This model presents both work and rest as values. No one can do them both simultaneously, so which ... Read More about Cycles – Seasons

Living in Eternity’s Sunrise

Living in Eternity’s Sunrise

He who binds himself to a Joy Does the winged life destroy; But he who kisses the Joy as it flies Lives in Eternity's sunrise.[William Blake, The Argument: Eternity] Every moment is eternity's ... Read More about Living in Eternity’s Sunrise

Seeing and Approaching Things from Many Perspectives

Seeing and Approaching Things from Many Perspectives

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . To see a world in a grain of sand And heaven in a wild flower To hold eternity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour. [William Blake] Having ... Read More about Seeing and Approaching Things from Many Perspectives

Pacing

Pacing

A frenetic pace cannot be sustained for long. A snail's pace is rarely productive. I can read quickly but some works pack many ideas into a few words while others present simple images that are ... Read More about Pacing

Evanescence – Impermanence

Evanescence – Impermanence

We dole out our lives in dinner parties and plane flights, and it's over before we know it. We lose everyone we love, if they don't lose us first, and every single thing we do is intended to distract ... Read More about Evanescence – Impermanence

Being in the Here and Now

Being in the Here and Now

  William Hogarth, untitled, dubbed The Shrimp Girl, sometimes The Saleswoman of Crabs (1740) Though thou shouldst be going to live three thousand years, and as many times ten thousand years, ... Read More about Being in the Here and Now

Focusing

Focusing

The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing. [attributed to the Greek poet Archilochus] Some people cast their attention to many things, the Renaissance Man for example. Others ... Read More about Focusing

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