prisoner. I had never known God’s love so intensely as I did then.” A Guidepost article from 1972: Still Learning to Forgive“ (by Corrie TenBoom) “I’m 16. You should be a man who lives the virtue of fortitude. Take away ideas 1. Fortitude doing difficult things to achieve/preserve some good thing. 2. Without fortitude you will miss out on most of the best things in life. 3. When you face something difficult/painful that you know you should do, just do it without hesitating and whining and thinking about how hard/painful it is. Some I. What is fortitude? a. A virtue: a steady habit of acting in a good way; as a habit, it is formed by repeatedly dong some good type of action. b. In the case of fortitude, the good type of action is facing difficulties or pain; good acts that are hard. Practicing an instrument is hard and sometimes painful: a person with fortitude will do it; so too doing homework; so too fighting in battle when you might get killed. c. The opposite of being courageous (having fortitude) is to be a coward. Other terms are wimp; scaredy-cat, chicken, etc. A coward is someone who is too afraid and let his fears get the better of him. Like hiding in the closet when there is thunder storm or screaming when you see mouse or a spider. d. It is OK to be afraid of things, especially things that you should be afraid of. But a brave or courageous person does not let fear keep him from doing the good things he should do. e. What are some difficult/painful things you do in to achieve some good?
prisoner. I had never known God’s love so intensely as I did then.” A Guidepost article from 1972: “I’m Still Learning to Forgive“ (by Corrie TenBoom) 16. You should be a man who lives the virtue of fortitude. Take away ideas 1. Fortitude doing difficult things to achieve/preserve some good thing. 2. Without fortitude you will miss out on most of the best things in life. 3. When you face something difficult/painful that you know you should do, just do it without hesitating and whining and thinking about how hard/painful it is. Some I. What is fortitude? a. A virtue: a steady habit of acting in a good way; as a habit, it is formed by repeatedly dong some good type of action. b. In the case of fortitude, the good type of action is facing difficulties or pain; good acts that are hard. Practicing an instrument is hard and sometimes painful: a person with fortitude will do it; so too doing homework; so too fighting in battle when you might get killed. c. The opposite of being courageous (having fortitude) is to be a coward. Other terms are wimp; scaredy-cat, chicken, etc. A coward is someone who is too afraid and let his fears get the better of him. Like hiding in the closet when there is thunder storm or screaming when you see mouse or a spider. d. It is OK to be afraid of things, especially things that you should be afraid of. But a brave or courageous person does not let fear keep him from doing the good things he should do. e. What are some difficult/painful things you do in to achieve some good?
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