Personal Codes

[young_raven]

Lately I've been thinking through some personal principles for good behavior - ways of being "a wise and purposeful adult", sort of my own set of rules for being a good person and being a welcome member of a community. I'd like to share them, but I'd like to hear about your own sets of rules/guidelines/personal code...there's a term that I'd like

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[fjorlief]

I'm going to have to give this some thought, as while I definitely have personal ethics, I am not sure I have specifically articulated them recently or even at all... Maybe this can be a conversation next week, eh?

[young_raven]

That would be great. I look forward to it!

[zzambrose]

I have an essay that you may find useful in this quest. The title is "Knightly Virtues for the Digital Age. It is at my LJ under the tag -Knightly virtues-. I hope it is useful to you.

[young_raven]

A very interesting read, too. I was particularly delighted to encounter "magnanimity", something that recently leapt out at me while re-reading "Always Coming Home". I've often turned to Ursula K Le Guin, while doing the hard work of becoming a person:

"A bright imagination, a clear intellect, warmth, readiness, magnanimity, grace, and ease are wanted in the practices of gardening, farming, sharing food, caring for animals, cure, care, healing, and comforting, the arts of making order and cleanliness where people live and work, all dancing and delightful exercises, and all the arts and practices of making music, of speaking, of writing, and of reading aloud or socially."

[young_raven]

I came across this today. 5 is particularly interesting to chew over.

"Five simple rules to be happy"

1. Free your heart from hatred - Forgive.

2. Free your mind from worries - Most never happens.

3. Live simply and appreciate what you have.

4. Give more.

5. Expect less from people but more from yourself.