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16 lessons from the Moral Perfection Project(DW# 843)

Over the last few weeks, we have been exploring and learning from Benjamin Franklin’s Moral Perfection Project.

 

Here are the 15 lessons we discussed, with links to the relevant post.

 

As you read them, take a moment to reflect on:


1.   Which is the biggest takeaway for you?
2.   What are you already doing well?
3.   Which one is the most challenging f...

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Start and end the day with reflection(DW #835)

The next lesson from Franklin will be familiar to many of us in the Muslim faith who practice daily accountability for ourselves and our actions.

He started each day with reflection about how he wanted to show up in the world and ended each day with examining whether or not he lived up to his intention from the morning.

He asked himself simple questions to initiate the process of intention and accountability:  

In the morning he asked himself: "What good shall I do this day?"

And at the end of day this question:: "What good have I done today?"

So simple right?

I would add though, that it might be helpful to be slightly more specificin our daily intention and reflection.

For example:

Morning: What specific act of kindness shall I do today? To whom? How? At what time?

Bedtime: Did I do at least one act of goodness/kindness today? To myself, the family, my community, the world?

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