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To make a virtue of necessity ( Hacer de la necesidad virtud)

It has been interesting to learn today ( so early in the morning in a Saturday), that this phrase that we use in Spain has actually an english origin by Chaucer and Shakespeare.

It made me  think of a fun game: I do not want to write on crisis and recession. We already have enough.

In these clearly difficult or let´s call them  "different" times, let´s  play a game together:

Let´s start moving ahead and choose some values to substitute the old fashioned and useless: consumerism, individualism, and ultra-competitiveness.

Every family  can pick one of these values to think of, read about and start practising every month ( this is actually the method I learnt in my primary and secondary school in Algeciras). We can think of  two or three  ways to pratise them on a daily basis. Fun needed, no boring shedules please.

By today, we could maybe start by substituting the seedy pizza-shops, and all-the-shops magnets on our fridge and create a colourful values chart  in substitution. 

New fridge decoration based on  some stylish, refreshing and thoughtful literature.

By Maria L. de Castro

web@costaluzlawyers.es

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Values Sampler ( from http://ilearn.senecac.on.ca/careers/goals/values.html)