The Quest uses a unique blend of life skills programs, as well as Sharon’s own Aboriginal heritage. The life skills programs are the 5 strategies of the Virtues Project Inc. and 19 Leadership Capabilities developed by Nur University in Bolivia, which are synchronized with the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The combination of these elements is manifested in vibrant and experiential workshops. The objective of The Quest is to enrich the lives of its participants by encouraging meaningful exploration of ones purpose, direction and inherent virtues. |
Speak the Language of the Virtues
Language shapes character. The way we speak, and the words we use, have great power to discourage or to inspire. The language of virtues helps us to replace shaming and blaming with personal responsibility and respect. It is a frame of reference for bringing out the best in children and ourselves. It helps us to become the kind of people we want to be.
Recognize Teachable Moments
Recognizing the gifts and life lessons in our daily challenges helps us to cultivate character in ourselves and others. When we have the humility and confidence to learn from our mistakes, every stumbling block becomes a stepping stone.
Set Clear Boundaries
Virtues-based boundaries focus on respect, restorative justice and reparation to create a climate of peace and safety. Personal boundaries help us to build healthy relationships and protect our time, our energy and our health.
Honour the Spirit
This life skill begins with respect for the dignity of each person and encourages us to make time for reflection, reverence, and beauty. It is expressing what is meaningful in our lives by participating in the arts, honouring special life events, and sharing our stories. Creating Vision Statements increases unity and morale in our homes, schools and workplaces.
Offer Spiritual Companioning™
By being deeply present and listening with compassion and detachment, we help others ‘to empty their cup’. This counselling approach empowers others to define teachable moments and to reflect on their virtues. It supports moral choice, intimacy in relationships, and peaceful conflict resolution. This process is a powerful tool for healing grief, anger and trauma. |
Leadership Capabilities
- Evaluating one’s own strengths and weaknesses without involving ego.
- Transcending one’s lower passions by focusing on higher purposes and capabilities.
- Managing one’s affairs and responsibilities with rectitude of conduct based on moral and ethical principles.
- Learning from systematic reflection upon action within a consistent framework.
- Perceiving and interpreting the significance of current evens and trends in light of an appropriate historical perspective.
- Thinking systematically and strategically in search for solutions.
- Forming a common vision of a desirable future based on shared values and principles and articulating this in a way that inspires us to work towards its realization.
- Imbuing one’s actions and thoughts with love.
- Encouraging others and bringing happiness in their hearts.
- Taking initiative in a creative and a disciplined way.
- Sustaining effort, persevering, and overcoming obstacles.
- Participating effectively in consultation.
- Building unity in diversity.
- Committing oneself to empowering educational activities as a student and as a teacher.
- Recognizing relationships of domination and contributing to their transformation into relationships based on interconnectedness, reciprocity and co-operation.
- Contributing to the establishment of justice.
- Serving in societal institutions so as to facilitate the expression of the talents of others that are affected by these institutions.
- Being a responsible and loving family member as a child, spouse or parent.
- Cultivating and creating a sense of beauty in every endeavour.
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