The 5-5-5 Plan

Week 37 – 5-5-5 Plan – Theme – Manners

 

Monday:

            Quote: Our first quote for and about manners is from Lord Chesterfield who said, “Prepare yourself for the world, as athletes used to do for their exercises; oil your mind and your manners, to give them the necessary suppleness and flexibility; strength alone will not do.”

We must oil our manners – by knowing them, using them and having our manners be of benefit to others.

 

            Word: Panache – From the Latin word that means “plume.” This noun means a touch of added style or dash. Just picture a brilliantly colored feather emerging from a Roman helmet, and you’ll get the idea. People with manners have panache.

 

You Create Your Day by the way You Think! Be Present!

Go make it a Magnificent Day!

 

Tuesday:

            Quote: Today’s quote is a favorite and moves past the situations of our days, it’s from George Bernard Shaw who said, “The great secret is not having bad manners or good manners or any other particular sort of manners, but having the same manner for all human souls; in short, behaving as if you were in heaven, where there are no third-class carriages, and one soul is as good as another.”

 

            Word: esprit – from the French word of “spirit” this noun means “liveliness of spirit” or “sprightliness”. – Usually meaning a common spirit of enthusiasm.

 

You Create Your Day by the way You Think! Be Present!

Go make it a Magnificent Day!

 

Wednesday:

            Quote: Today we have another great quote on manners from George Bernard Shaw who said, “The test of a man’s or woman’s breeding is how they behave in a quarrel.”

This got me to thinking – how am I in an argument? Am I fair, do I listen? – One thing I’ve come to realize is that I am hurtful when I am hurt – and recognizing that helps me be less so -

 

Roll call

 

            Word: Brio (BREE oh) From the Italian word for or “life” this noun means “vivacity” or “spirit”. It is generally used to describe a way of doing something. It may have entered the English language from the musical instruction “con brio” which means “with energy”

 

You Create Your Day by the way You Think! Be Present!

Go make it a Magnificent Day!

 

 

Thursday:

            Quote: Ralph Waldo Emerson said this, “Manners are the happy ways of doing things; each one a stroke of genius or of love, now repeated and hardened into usage.”

It made me happy to read – Manners are the happy ways of doing things – isn’t that a great way to look at it – saying “Please” and “Thank you” are the happy ways of doing things – what other happy ways of doing things can we spread today?

 

            Word: Flair – This noun means a distinctive elegance or style and comes from the Middle English word for “fragrance.” It can also mean a particular aptitude or talent. Some people have a flair for finesse.

 

You Create Your Day by the way You Think! Be Present!

Go make it a Magnificent Day!

 

Friday:

            Quote: To end our week on manners we go to Wendell Willkie who said a great truth, “The test of good manners is to be able to put up pleasantly with bad ones.”

 

Roll call

 

            Word: Charisma – this noun, which comes from the Greek word for “divine favor” means “personal magnetism” or “charm.” It’s used to describe someone’s personality rather than their fashion sense. The adjective form is charismatic. To have good manners and use them consistently is charismatic.

 

Joke of the week:

 

A family was celebrating their daughter’s fifth birthday at a local restaurant when the little girl’s father noticed her looking sadly at a moose head on the wall. Someone had placed a party hat on its head. Her father knelt beside her and explained why some people hunt animals. “I know all that,” the child sobbed. “But why did they have to shoot him at his birthday party?”

 

You Create Your Day by the way You Think! Be Present!

Go make it a Magnificent Day!