Words Aloft https://wordsaloft.org Heavenly Inspiration Sun, 28 Jun 2026 17:15:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 The Positive Qualities for the week of 6/28/2026 https://wordsaloft.org/the-positive-qualities-for-the-week-of-6-28-2026/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-positive-qualities-for-the-week-of-6-28-2026 Sun, 28 Jun 2026 17:15:11 +0000 https://wordsaloft.org/?p=1945 AUTONOMOUS Definitions: (1) undertaken or carried on without outside control; self-contained; self-guided; self-taught; (2) independent; self-governing; self-ruling; (3) acting in accordance with one’s moral duty rather than one’s desires; self-starter Derivation: Greek, “having its own laws” Quotes: Listen to the desires of your children. Encourage them and then give them the autonomy to make their ... Read more

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Definitions: (1) undertaken or carried on without outside control; self-contained; self-guided; self-taught; (2) independent; self-governing; self-ruling; (3) acting in accordance with one’s moral duty rather than one’s desires; self-starter

Derivation: Greek, “having its own laws”

Quotes: Listen to the desires of your children. Encourage them and then give them the autonomy to make their own decision. — Denis E. Waitley (1933-2025) American motivational speaker

Without free, self-respecting, and autonomous citizens there can be no free and independent nations. Without internal peace, that is, peace among citizens and between the citizens and the state, there can be no guarantee of external peace. — Vaclav Havel (1936-2011) Czech poet and politician; last President of Czechoslovakia & First President of the Czech Republic

SOCIABLE

Definition: inclined to friendly communication; open to conversing; neighborly; agreeable to a free exchange of ideas

Balancing Quality: Attentive
Note: The best communicator is the person who is the best listener; one who is genuinely interested in the views and lives of others.

Compatible Quality: gracious, humorous

Familial Quality: companionable

Too Far: garrulous, nosy

Quotes: We take our bearings, daily, from others. To be sane is, to a great extent, to be sociable. — John Hoyer Updike (1932-2009) American novelist

It turns out that people who are more socially connected to family, to friends, to community, are happier, they’re physically healthier, and they live longer than people who are less well connected. — Robert J. Waldinger (1951-) American psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, & Zen priest

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]]> 1945 Ken Carter at Fresh Expressions 2024 in Charlotte https://wordsaloft.org/ken-carter-at-fresh-expressions-2024-charlotte/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ken-carter-at-fresh-expressions-2024-charlotte https://wordsaloft.org/ken-carter-at-fresh-expressions-2024-charlotte/#comments Thu, 08 Feb 2024 06:21:38 +0000 https://wordsaloft.org/?p=794 UMC Bishop Ken Carter delivered the Keynote Address concluding the first day of Fresh Expressions 2024 in Charlotte, NC. Carter oversees the Western North Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church. This talk is titled Fresh Expressions = Social Holiness. It is based upon John 15: 1-12. Carter says: “In the present moment, connection and ... Read more

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]]> UMC Bishop Ken Carter delivered the Keynote Address concluding the first day of Fresh Expressions 2024 in Charlotte, NC. Carter oversees the Western North Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church. This talk is titled Fresh Expressions = Social Holiness. It is based upon John 15: 1-12. Carter says: “In the present moment, connection and not separation is our path to holiness.”

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