Unilateral Virtue

I just finished a meditation focused around the topic of Unilateral Virtue.

Essentially, the meditation posed the following question: what is a virtue you're committed to embodying regardless of external circumstances?

For the sake of today's exercise, we'll define virtue as a commendable quality or trait. (Think: compassionate, energetic, present, grateful, kind.)

The meditation teacher then asked me to consider: if at your funeral you were being judged for one virtue, which virtue would you like that to be?

This reminded me of a passage from the book I'm currently reading, Hero on a Mission. In it, Donald Miller poses the following question:

This question resonated with me so much that I jotted it down onto a piece of paper. Doing so helped me solidify the fact that encouragement is vital to me being the type of person I want to be.

If there's one thing I aim to do in these posts and in my coaching, it's that I aim to encourage.

What is it for you?

What's the virtue you're committed to embodying unilaterally?

Imagine someone leaves a conversation with you, whether they've known you for decades or you just met, and they say...

"Wow, they sure are _____."

What do you want them to say?

Both now and at your funeral. What's the virtue you're committing to showing up with?

For me it's encouragement and today I encourage you to consider this question and to embody the virtue you choose, unilaterally, in every interaction hereafter.