And....More Progress on Virtues

As I acquire the goals that I’ve set during this assignment, I’m constantly aware how I interact with people, and in doing so, I’m able to work my way through my norm. This week I am focusing on: Honesty, Honor and Modesty. As I look into what it’s going to take to achieve these values, I must incorporate modesty in both honor and honesty. I know that honesty is going to be the most challenging because I come from a long line of assertive, outspoken and ‘brutally honest’ people, and integrity is a significant part of who I am.

My level of honesty has made me something of a median during adverse situations amongst family and peers, as I’m not prone to taking sides, so much as I am to dealing with facts relating to right and wrong. In any case where I’m ‘required’ to shed light on a situation, that requires criticism, I tell it as I see it. Although, I often keep my opinions to myself when its presence is not required, I’ll easily express how I feel if I’m prodded. I always consider feelings, but I think that telling the truth is far more significant when dealing with people than setting them and myself up for failure and later discourse as to my lack of integrity. To acquire my goal regarding how I express myself, I’ve decided that ‘how’ I express myself goes a lot farther than ‘why’. I’m taking extra precautions to ‘pad’ what I say, how I say it and the way I look when doing so. I hear that my body language and facial expressions are ‘brutal’.

Regarding, honor, I’m preparing to get over myself and let people be who and what they are. As a human being, I’ve always felt that the one thing one has to do for another is let them be who they are…funny, there are so many times (as of late) that I can to pin point where I have not practiced that adage. I’ve tolerated some of these new, flamboyant behaviors, but done so in a brute manner.

I know that all of these virtues are achievable because they are important to me and the person I want to grow into.

This coming week, I plan to work on: Truth, Wisdom, Peacefulness and Temperance. I choose to do these ones last because they are parts of my life that I work on daily and know that by maintaining these characteristics, I’ll successfully work my way into the others.