13 Virtues of Brother Benjamin Franklin

wwinger said:

I have heard the same and believe it to be true.

What I have found most interesting however, is the manner in which Brother Franklin practiced these 13 virtues. The story I have heard, and believe to be true, is that each week he considered himself to to bound to practice only one of them. In other words, he practiced temperance four weeks out of the year, frugality - four weeks out of the year, humility - four weeks out of the year, etc.

Think about how this would work. You are constantly improving the conduct of your life, yet at the same time not attempting to take on too many new goody-goody traits in one fell swoop. This should work for any of us.

Personally I have chosen 'resolution' for my first week. The only problem I'm having is that procrastination has been getting in the way. But I'm sure that if I ever get started, it will work just fine.

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