Character
“What you see and hear depends a good deal on where you are standing; it also depends on what sort of person you are.” ~C.S. Lewis
-
Virtue Series | Week 9 – Moderation
Moderation is not restraint but rhythm—the art of proportion that steadies emotion, action, and desire. Franklin saw it as self-command: the freedom found in balance. This week’s reflection explores how composure, forgiveness, and gratitude anchor the soul amid the noise of excess. Continue reading
-
Quote to Ponder ~ Jürgen Klopp
“If you don’t learn from defeat, you are defeated. If you learn from defeat, you’ve learned a very important lesson.” ~ Jürgen Klopp One of the most successful football managers of all time. He is known for his charismatic personality and tactical philosophy, particularly Gegenpressing, and for leading clubs like Borussia Dortmund and Liverpool to significant success, Continue reading
-
Justice vs. Fairness | The Lost Virtue of Rightness
Modern culture has replaced justice with fairness, mistaking equality for virtue. Fairness belongs to systems; justice to souls. When moral order shifts from conscience to bureaucracy, compassion becomes control. As C.S. Lewis warned, a society without objective truth loses both freedom and virtue. Franklin’s justice remains liberty’s safeguard. Continue reading
-
Virtue Series | Week 8 – Justice
Justice is more than the absence of harm; it is the active pursuit of what is right. Franklin’s virtue calls for proportion, not equality—truth joined with mercy, courage shaped by humility, and goodness extended both outward and inward. To live justly is to restore right order, one act at a time. Continue reading
-
Quote to Ponder ~ T.S. Elliot
“We shall not cease from explorationAnd the end of all our exploringWill be to arrive where we startedAnd know the place for the first time.” ~ T.S. Eliot, Four Quartets Continue reading
-
Virtue Series | Week 7 – Sincerity
Sincerity is truth lived from the inside out—the alignment of thought, word, and deed. Franklin’s call to “use no hurtful deceit” becomes a daily act of courage: to live unmasked, to speak with grace, and to let the heart and tongue tell the same story. Continue reading
-
Quote to Ponder ~ Ryan Holiday
“We know that between every stimulus and its response, every piece of information and our decision, there is space. It is brief space, to be sure, but one with room enough to insert our philosophy. Will we use it? Use it to think, use it to examine, use it to wait for more information? Or Continue reading
-
Virtue Series | Week 6 – Industry
Industry is more than busyness, it’s purposeful work that redeems the hours. Franklin saw it as the soil of every other virtue. Roosevelt called it “work worth doing.” True industry aligns effort with meaning, balancing diligence and rest, so each day builds toward usefulness, service, and quiet strength. Continue reading
Advent Adventure Agency Albums Andrew Huberman Apostle James Apostle Paul Aristotle Art of Manliness Benjamin Franklin Books Breathing C.S. Lewis Challenges Character Christianity Christmas Courage Creativity Culture Desert Island Music Discipline Emerson Epictetus Failure Faith Focus Frederick Buechner G.K. Chesterton Goals God Goethe Goodreads Gratitude Habit Hammock Health & Fitness History Honor Hope Humility Industry Interviews J.R.R. Tolkien Jack London James Clear Jeff Olson Jesus John Eldredge Justice Kipling Laird Hamilton Leadership Love Manliness Marcus Aurelius Mark Twain Mental Toughness Mindfulness Money Music Music 80’s Music 1980 Music 1981 Music 1987 Non-fiction Oliver Wendell Holmes Orison Swett Marden Oswald Chambers Peace Personal Development Politics Prophet Isaiah Quotes Recovery Resolution Resurrection Band Rick Rubin Routines & Rituals Rush Saint Augustine Saint Thomas Aquinas Samuel Johnson Self-Reliance Seneca Silence T. S. Elliot The Choir Theodore Roosevelt The Police Thomas A Kempis Thoreau Tim Ferriss Training U2 Virtue Willpower Winston Churchill WODs Writers
Chase The Kangaroo 