White light. Bright Lite

There is a time to every purpose under heaven. As you grow, learn and mature, you will seek and find that the adults in your world get things wrong sometimes. Confusion will overtake your thoughts and sometimes your actions, too.

Speaking mathematically, we are the sum of our actions. Every single one of us. Finite-tally. So. What to do. What to do. Where will you go to “Figure it out”.

There is a world of knowledge to be learned on the playgrounds of our youth.

The Self. The Me. The Myself and The I. It is simple but not easy. You see, or may not see it at the time. Our habits make all the difference—speaking mathematically again.

Discipline. Self-Discipline. Yourself. According to Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle speaks on the discipline of the Self.

The Disciple-line of the Self. The The line. Crossing the Line. When someone in your circle, “crosses the line.” On the playground, away from the playground, too.

There are two kinds of Virtue:

Intellectual and Moral.

Speaking in mathematical terms, we each are the sum of our actions. Our habits make all the difference. According to a discussion in the Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle, a great philosopher, opens up the conversation for discussion, debate, argument, quarrel, explanation, disagreement. (WB) Etcetera.

Moral virtue comes with practice, just like any mastery of any art or any mechanical skill. And. What is the best way to practice? Aristotle’s answer lies in his explanation of “the mean”.

“The mean. The mean. The mean. The mean.” In Aristotles’s view, CORRECT moral behavior in any given situation lies at the midway point between the extremes of TWO vices. We must practice hitting the mean by determining which vice we tend toward and then consciously moving toward the other extreme, until we reach

The Middle.

Pura Vida!!!

Virtue, then is of two kinds—Intellectual and Moral. Intellectual virtue springs from and grows from teaching, and therefore,needs experience and time. Moral virtues come from habit….They are in us NEITHER by nature, nor in despite of nature, but we are furnished by nature with a capacity for receiving them, and we developed them by and through habit.

These virtues we acquire by first exercising them, as is the case in other arts. Whatever we learn to do. We actually learn by doing it.

Thinks about that the next time a whisper in you head tells you to push another—on the play ground, onto the ground. It will strengthen you, one way or another. Allow yourself the strength to exercise your moral strength as you consider pushing a mate to the ground.

Whatever we do learn, we learn by actually doing it. Men become builders, for instance, by building, and harp players, by playing the harp. In the same way, by doing JUST acts we come to be JUST.

Lady Justice would most assuredly approve of our intentions and behaviors if we choose to think this way.. By doing self-controlled acts, by doing brave acts we become,

Brave.

Further.

For everything there is a season. A time for every purpose under heaven:

A time to be born, and a time to die, a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted.

A time to kill, and a time to heal, a time to break down, and a time to build up.

A time to weep, and a time to laugh, a time to mourn, and a time to dance

A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together, a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing

A time to get, and a time to lose, a time to keep, and a time to cast away.

A time to fend, and a time to see, a time to keep silence, and a time to speak.

a time to live and a time to hate, a time of war and a time of peace.

A time to every purpose under heaven. What will be your purpose under heaven?

Getting along with kids while learning to accept the differences is a good start. No one likes a bully. A young one. A middle grade one. An old one. It is important to respect differences. For example, in the U.S., Policies and procedures were created and exist for protection of the civil liberties of an individual who is a citizen of the USA. Schools that receive federal funding must address discrimination based on a number of different personal characteristics.

This is a very important right in America. Title VI of Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination based on race, color, or national origin. based on Sex—Male, Female. Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and Title 11 of the ADA (1990) prohibits discrimination based on disability. Schools that receive federal funding—including colleges and universities are required by federal law to address discrimination.

We can all be bullies without even knowing it. As stated, we each are the sum of actions. So. If you have a split second to make a decision out there on the playground of life. Think before you act. Exercise you self control and when you extend your hand to help a fallen friend on the playground:

Pull instead of Push. Pull and pick them up instead of push them down. Even if you are mad at the world in that moment…. If the adults in your circle confused your thinking. Dig deep and question why they do, what they did. And then make up your own mind. The adults are there until you are a so-called young adult. And there is a mess out there still being quarrelled and decided.

Don’t wait for the adults to “Figure it Out”, that may take wayyyyyyyyyy too long. Do the next, best CORRECT thing. Pull your friend up. Do not push them down. Don’t pretend to pick them up…that is crossing the unethical line. That is a playground you probably will learn over time to run away from.on. Want no part of. Bravely pull and invite a kid to join you in your experience and trust in your self enough to know you are

Good.

A good person who lifts up instead of knocks down. Knows what to do in the moment. Who exercises authenticity. Not fake-ly. A person who seeks growth and maturation instead of one who stunts their own growth by playing a game that is dishonesty rolled into fake ness and a grown up game of negative path building baloney.

Baloney is not good for any of us. Even though it may taste good. Share your lunch out there on the playground too. Someone may be hungrier that you. And you may not realize it . It hurts to be hungry.

Sharing is a virtue practiced though a lifetime and is a moral experience worth exercising over and over.

Even if it is confusing to do so. Even if it is uncomfortable for you to do so.

There are takers. There are givers. You will figure this out as you grow, learn and mature. On the playground as well as in other places.

Decide when and where and if you will cross the line yourself and stick with it. It is ok to challenge the norm( whatever that may be today) Things move pretty fast.

No matter what. No matter when. Looking on the bright side is a good side of the line to be on. Consequences will be yours to own. Over sharing may lead to problems you have yet to learn—mathematically and morally to handle.

Adults are/can be important barometers. But. The choice ends us being yours because of the fast moving lights…..Before it becomes too “late”.

No matter what stories, rumors are said about you, yourself and you.

Rely. On Me, Myself and I.

To get it CORRECT. First.

That kind of sharing is worth putting out there.