Smash365: Virtue

Feb 12, 2012 by

To practice five things under all circumstances constitutes perfect virtue; these five are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness. ~Confucius

Virtue can be defined as moral excellence or goodness. Of the five things Confucius lists (“gravity” meaning seriousness), which of the five is your strongest? Which is your weakest?

Write for 20 minutes about either one. Toward the end of your writing, tie it in with practicing virtue in your life today.

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Rus VanWestervelt is a writer, photographer, owner of Ravenwater Press, and Teacher-Consultant with the National Writing Project. He is the founder and editor of Maryland Voices, a creative nonfiction journal for high school writers and educators. Rus has published hundreds of articles locally and nationally, and nearly all of them relate to writing and living an inspired life. His latest work of fiction, Cold Rock, was released December 9, 2011 and can be ordered at Amazon or at ravenwater.com. For more information about Rus and his work with writers, you can visit his website here.

 

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