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Devotion

August 17, 2019 by admin

“The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning.”

– Mitch Albom

Definition:

  • Love and loyalty for someone or something (Cambridge)
  • The act of dedication to a cause, activity, or goal (M-W)
  • An act of the will to the effect that man surrenders himself readily to the service of God. (New Advent)

Vices:

  • Excess: Obsession, the pursuit of unimportant goals at the expense of more important ones
  • Deficiency: Selfishness, Isolation, the lack of dedication to something higher than oneself

Example:

Taking time to reflect on what you are devoted to
Related Virtues: Charity, Clarity, Goodness, Giving, harmony

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