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this was so refreshing to listen to whilst hoeing thistles on my walk today! I loved the meditations on virtue as its own reward, something you practise not to to earn brownie points but because it's right, and because it's worthwhile being a person who is brave, just, humble, or loyal.

“Every virtue is just love in disguise. Each one is another facet of love’s unfolding creativity in acknowledging the reality of God, yourself, another human, or creation” (196).

“Practicing temperance helps us learn how to take joy in the things and people that do not belong to us or do not benefit us directly. Varden comments, ‘To do something beautiful for its own sake, for the intrinsic delight of it, without thought of gain: this, I’d say, is a way of beginning to live chastely in this world.’” (191).