This fortnight our Core Virtue is : Understanding

Understanding is thinking clearly.  It is using your mind so that you can see the truth about things.  It is paying careful attention and thinking about things in order to see their meaning.  Understanding is also having empathy and showing compassion.  Understanding gives us the power to think and learn and also to care. 

I have an understanding mind.  I concentrate and pay attention so that I can think clearly.  I have an understanding heart.  I have empathy for other people's feelings.