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Every man has his own destiny. The only imperative
is to follow it, to accept it, no matter where it leads him.
- Henry Miller
Returning Home
by Negal
"Everything is Sacred because nothing is forever."
Self-portrait by TxPaladinWarrioress
"The one who will be found in trial capable of great
acts of love is ever the one who is always doing considerate
small ones"
- F. W. Robertson
(30-40 points)
Channel your inborn Paladin creativity and love of beauty into a drawing, a poem, a little song... anything artistic that shows the nature of a Paladin or the idea of heroism in general. If it's truly of the finest quality, we may display it upon our site... giving you due credit, of course.
(30-40 points)
This assignment involves your reaching out into your community and doing a wee bit o' research. Look in your local directories, ask around at the guild halls, et cetera, and find out what sort of charitable organizations do good works in your local area. Then write up a little description of three of your favorites, maybe a paragraph each, telling what they do and why their work appeals to you individually.
(20-40 points)
Create a self-portrait, using words, images, color, or song... whatever strikes your fancy and captures your truest soul. These will be displayed for all your fellow students, so create them with the aim of introducing yourself to your peers and helping them to truly understand your spirit.
(20-40 points)
Our Circle of Paladins brings together people across the world to share their strength, spirit, and love with one another. We are banded together to help one another do the things that need to be done. We give comfort and cheer where it is needed to one another... share our triumphs and our pain. It is only right that we should each of us introduce ourselves to one another and let us know something of you as a person.
(20-40 points)
This is where you search your soul, and find what it is inside you that makes you what you are. What do you believe in? What drives you to take this hard path to Heroism? The Way of the Paladin can be lonely and difficult because you will have to trust you own judgment, not rely upon what others tell you. Where will you find the strength to do what is right in the world around you?
(10 points)
Sometimes we forget in the modern world around us that the simplest acts can be the kindest. Here's a chance to remind yourself and others that not all that a Paladin does is grand and glorious. It's as much the things you do in everyday life that are the acts of a Paladin. Give us a list of the ten things you can do on a regular basis to make the world better.
(5 points)
Today is the First Day of the Rest of Your Life'
'The only real failure is not to Try'
'Every Day an Adventure'
'The Best Will Come of It'
Everyone needs a few words of encouragement in their lives. Here you can share with others an expression or two that has real meaning for you. You might want to add this phrase to your signiture for the forums while you are at it, just to keep it in your heart and mind.
"No human being, when you understand his desires, is worthless. No one's life is nothing. Even the most evil of men and women, if you understand their hearts, had some generous act that redeems them, at least a little, from their sins."
-Orson Scott Card
Seek not the depth of your knowledge with staff or with sounding line, For self is a sea boundless and measureless, And the soul walks upon all paths.
- Kahlil Gibran
With great power, there must come great responsibility.
- Uncle Ben (Spider-man)
For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all"
- 2 Corinthians 4:17
Today, it is like we are standing on the beach, gazing out at the ocean. It is large, and vast, and we are pretty small. Our feet are barefoot, and we can feel the sand under our feet. And then a wave comes in and we can feel the sand sifting underneath us. It's a moment of unbalance, but see - we're still standing! Things will change around us, but we can still find ways to keep our balance and be strong.
- Brankauti
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming, "WOW! What a ride!"
- Jakus' mom
"Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could; some blunders and absurdities crept in - forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it well and serenely, and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old mistakes and nonsense."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
"It's a dangerous business going out your front door. You step onto the road and if you don't keep your feet there's no telling where you'll be swept off too."
- J.R.R. Tolkien The Fellowship of the Ring
"He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. When you gaze long into the Abyss, the Abyss also gazes into you."
- Nietzsche
