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Short Stories of Strengths

In 2004, positive psychologists Christopher Peterson and Martin Seligman published the book Character Strengths and Virtues which scoured ancient and modern texts of wisdom from around the world and found six core virtues composed of twenty-four character strengths. Seligman and Peterson suggest that practicing these universally recognised good traits leads to increased happiness. So, in order to encourage this, I'm writing a short story about each strength. I hope that by spending some time contemplating each one, you (and I) can build more strengths and become happier people.

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This collection contains the short stories for the strengths of creativity, curiosity, judgment, love of learning, and perspective. Together, they comprise the virtue of wisdom.

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Physicists tell us that matter cannot be created or destroyed. They also say we live in a material universe. So how can we be creative and create something new?

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Daniel's friend Oliver has left him an unexpected inheritance. So far, it's just been a trail of clues leading him around to different people that Oliver knew, but the last clue will take him to a strange and foreign place. Will it all be worth it? 

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Julie is helping her mother study for an important test, but she's not sure she's ready. What has Catherine done to prepare?

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How do you judge a story about judgment? Can you wait until the tale is fully told before making up your mind?

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The Lake District in England is one of the most beautiful pieces of land in the world. It has also been farmed for thousands of years. Everyone who has been there has their own perspective on what to do with it. How can we choose which view is right?

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Free Preview

Still not sure about buying a short story? Just click the link on the right to download a free copy of the first fifteen pages of Curiosity. I hope it will make you so curious to see how it ends that you'll just have to buy the full story. And then hopefully you won't be able to stop at just one...
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