Character and Conduct – 23 February – Idleness
SHUN idleness, it is the rust that attaches itself to the most brilliant metals.
Hunny! 40 Days in the 100 Aker Wood – Day 9
Having a friend to walk the journey with you does not mean that fear vanishes (Piglet is just as frightened as Pooh as they try to track down this ‘Hostile Animal’ but they travel together) but it does mean that anxiety is lessened, hearts beat less furiously and the journey continues.
Character and Conduct – 22 February – The Sin of Idleness
Character and Conduct – 22 February – The Sin of Idleness THERE is a certain amount of work to be done in this world. If any of us does not take his full share, he imposes that which he does not take on the shoulders of another; and the first cause of poverty, of disease, of misery… Continue reading Character and Conduct – 22 February – The Sin of Idleness
Hunny! 40 Days in the 100 Aker Wood – Day 8
We can’t spend our whole lives reading ‘sustaining books’ whilst others work their fingers to the bone around us. In the Christian Life we cannot be Martha or Mary (Luke 10.38-42)[3] we must needs be both!
Character and Conduct – 21 February – Work
Brilliant qualities may never be ours, but the homely virtues are within our reach, and character is built up not out of great intellectual gifts and splendid public achievements, but out of honesty, industry, thrift, kindness, courtesy, and gratitude, resting upon faith in God and love towards man.
Hunny! 40 Days in the 100 Aker Wood – Day 7
‘Getting thin’ as anyone slimming coach will let you know, takes a lifestyle change and learning a different attitude to ourselves as much as more care about our diet.
Character and Conduct – 20 February – Work
NO man is born into the world, whose work
Is not born with him; there is always work,
And tools to work withal, for those who will;
Hunny! 40 Days in the 100 Aker Wood – Day 6
I (we?) need to learn, unlike Pooh Bear, to be a little more nimble and better able to response to human need before selfish greed.
Character and Conduct – 19 February – An Ideal Level
NO man who, being a Christian, desires the kingdom of God, can justly neglect giving his energy to the bettering of the social, physical, and educational condition of the poor, the diseased, and the criminal classes.
Hunny! 40 Days in the 100 Aker Wood – Day 5
…as the famous book and slogan goes, What Would Jesus Do if Pooh were to come and visit him?
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