Honour – Trusting Your Instincts

14 Oct Honour – Trusting Your Instincts

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15-21 October 2018

Listening to your instincts and following your inner knowing guides your actions so that you behave in a way that ensures you treat yourself and others with respect which is a feel good for everyone involved.

When you honour yourself you live mindfully according to your values and your beliefs and not someone else’s. You are, and continue to be, the best version of yourself you can be regardless of what else happens around you. Sometimes it’s easy and sometimes it’s hard – that’s life.

The more you follow your instincts the more confidence you feel in yourself and the better you feel about your ability to respect your instincts. You trust that life will lead you to where you are meant to be and that everything happens for a reason.

It takes time, practice and confidence to live with honour and do what feels right and follow all the little signs you get throughout the day, as well as the answers that come to you when you take the time to meditate and reflect.

As a child, we learned how to treat others by being taught courtesy in our everyday actions and although instincts are innate you can help children learn to trust their instincts by discussing their feelings and what feel they are telling them so you can help them discover their confidence within – while you continue to develop yours too.

Self-development means constant transformation and growth throughout your life.  Allow the ‘Virtue Of The Week’ to serve as a gentle reminder of who you are, and who you want to be. Contribute by creating the world you want to live in as you are aware of developing your character each week and inspire others to do the same. Be the change you want to see in the world.

Actions to take to practice Honour (5 mins a day max.):

  • Every morning:
    1. Read the card
    2. Reflect on what the card is saying to you right now
    3. Have a great day. Trust that at the right time this virtue will come to the front of mind when you need it.
  • Every evening:
    1. Reflect on whether you implemented this virtue today
    2. If you didn’t – what could you do differently next time? If you did – acknowledge it within yourself.

 

Trish Corbett
info@ethicalfoundations.com.au

Trish is the author of 'How to Raise Kids With Integrity - for parents, childcare educators and teachers' and blogs about a characteristic each week so that the main role models in a child's life can help children grow with self-awareness and self-confidence so they can make a positive difference in their world by recognizing and acknowledging character qualities in themselves and others. This works for adults too! Try it - sign up for a weekly email.

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