So I have decided that as an exercise in writing I am going to write about my seven virtues. Virtue as defined by Dictionary.com is "quality of good in human conduct ... They are to be interpreted as descriptive of conduct rather than innate qualities and are achieved through proper training and discipline." as well as "... moral excellence. Personal virtues are characteristics valued as promoting individual and collective well-being, and thus good by definition."
Each religious or spiritual ideology espouses its own set of virtues, its own ideas of what each person or social structure should endorse as the correct way to be. Virtues are more than personal ideals, they are guidelines on how to correctly live our lives and interact with others. The purpose of having your own set of virtues is to help you understand how to correctly act in any situation for the betterment of all involved.
The list of possible virtues is a very long one, there are 128 listed at Dictionary.com, and all are worthy of incorporation into anyone's personal philosophy. But it becomes impracticable to try to remember and follow all of them. So we each need to look within ourselves, within our own personal and social moral compass, and find the ones that we believe will help us most to live a noble and right life.
So in the next seven days I will explore in depth each of my personal virtues and how I try to live my life by them. I hope you enjoy this journey and your comments and participation are most welcome!
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