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Virtue of the Week: Friendliness

Friendliness is being a friend through good times and bad. You take an interest in other people and make them feel welcome. You share your belongings, your time, and yourself. Friendliness is the best cure for loneliness.

You are practicing friendliness when you:

• Like yourself and know you have a lot to offer

• Smile and greet people courteously

• Get to know people and let them get to know you

• Show caring when a friend needs you

• Are friendly to people who look and act differently

• Make someone new feel welcome

Affirmation:

I am friendly. I show an interest in others by being warm and courteous. I am a loyal friend. My friendship is a worthy gift.

The Source supports the Virtues Project, an international initiative focused on building peaceful and caring communities. We will publish one of the virtues developed by the project each week.

The Virtues Project is an international initiative focused on building peaceful and caring communities aligned to 52 virtues – such as “compassion,” “integrity,” “respect.” The Virtues Project promotes community capacity-building to teach positive behaviors and attitudes and contribute to healthy and supportive environments across sectors. This is an initiative originated with a work group of Early Childhood Advisory Committee of the Children and Families Council and is moving forward with support from the Community Foundation of the Virgin Islands. We are working in collaboration with the Department of Education to infuse V.I. culture into the messages and to implement The Virtues Project in the public schools. The goal is to engage the community in discussion and awareness of the “Virtue of the Week” in schools, child care settings, home, and the workplace through the media, religious institutions, schools and centers, government agencies, and business organizations.

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