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May 2013

May 20, 2013

Maxim Monday: Nothing to Excess

I have many people in my life who are passionate, possibly even obsessive, about their...

May 13, 2013

Maxim Monday: Do a favor for a friend

I like this one. Probably because I'm already good at it. Probably because this one...

April 2013

April 29, 2013

Maxim Monday: Be (religiously) silent

I love this one. Spring is in full swing here in Olympia. New colors from...

April 22, 2013

Maxim Monday: Listen to everybody

The older I get the more I see the wisdom in this maxim. Listen to...

April 15, 2013

Maxim Monday: Be impartial

Be impartial. Impartial means unbiased, fair, treating all equally, and remaining dispassionate. This is most definitely...

April 08, 2013

Maxim Monday: Shun evil

This Maxim requires a lot of defining. I looked up the definition of 'shun,' and...

April 01, 2013

Maxim Monday: Exercise nobility of character

There are 146 of these maxims. This is only number 30. I feel like I'm...

March 2013

March 18, 2013

Maxim Monday: two for one

Today's Delphic Maxim is be kind to friends. Are some people not kind to those...

March 11, 2013

Maxim Monday: practice what is just

I like that the word practice is in this Maxim. The word 'practice' is a...

February 2013

February 25, 2013

Maxim Monday: Praise virtue

Virtues are good. Virtues tend to be linked to morality, rather than ethics.* This entire...

February 11, 2013

Maxim Monday: Find fault with no one

Uh-oh. How is this maxim possible? Everybody has faults and everyone messes up from time...

February 04, 2013

Maxim Monday: Praise the good

Yes! A maxim I'm already good at! I am by nature very critical. Do you...

January 2013

January 28, 2013

Maxim Monday: Long for wisdom

This one is easy. Long for wisdom? I've been yearning for it my whole life....

January 21, 2013

Maxim Monday: Pursue honor

When I hear this word I think of knights and samurais: people who live by...

January 14, 2013

Maxim Monday: Cling to discipline

It's been a while since I've tackled the Delphic Maxims. I definitely have no ancient...

November 2012

November 05, 2012

Maxim Monday: Vote

I didn't double-check, but I'm pretty sure this isn't a Delphic Maxim. Democracy comes from...

October 2012

October 15, 2012

Maxim Monday: Love Your Friends

I love my friends. I'm loyal to a fault. I often cling to relationships well...

October 08, 2012

Maxim Monday: Do not use an oath

A working knowledge of Greek would be helpful in this endeavour to explore the Maxims....

October 01, 2012

Maxim Monday: Honor Providence

This is another maxim where I felt the need to look up the words. If...

September 2012

September 24, 2012

Maxim Monday: Exercise Prudence

Who's Prudence? And why isn't she getting any exercise? Ahem. In all seriousness prudence is...

September 17, 2012

Control Anger

It's Maxim Monday! And today's is: control anger. On the surface, I think, yes, we...

September 10, 2012

It’s Maxim Monday! Now featuring a post on a parenting.

I have decided to jump on the blog themed day bandwagon and use Monday for...

September 02, 2012

Control Yourself

It's been a while since I wrote on the Maxims. Time to get back to...

July 2012

July 11, 2012

Honor the Hearth

I've actually got a large post brewing in me about vulnerability and writing, but I've...

June 2012

June 13, 2012

If you are a stranger, act like one

Today's Delphic Maxim is: if you are a stranger, act like one. This is timely!...

June 07, 2012

Think Like a Mortal

Today's Delphic Maxim is think like a mortal. Wait, what the heck? Don't we already...

June 04, 2012

Silence and Opportunity

The next Delphic Maxim is Know Your Opportunity. It seems a pretty obvious one, and...

May 2012

May 24, 2012

Intend to get married

Today's maxim sounds like a nagging parent. I can't help but approach this as a...

May 20, 2012

Be yourself

This is a maxim that is so simple that at first it's deceiving. And trite....

May 18, 2012

Know what you have learned

Today's Delphic Maxim appeals to the scholar in me. I've spent a lot of money...