Striving for Moral Perfection
As you chart your virtues this week a la Ben Franklin, write a brief journal entry to the blog addressing which virtue is posing the greatest challenge to you and why you think this is. Remember that chastity, though an honorable virtue, is not appropriate to discuss in this exercise. Please read and comment on each other's entries as well.
posted by Kristin L | 11:38 AM
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okay... well, the greatest challenge for me this week has been patience! I think that because I'm such an organized, detailed, minute to minute planner... I get frustrated when people around me don't go at my pace or fit into my time table of when I have time to deal with them. I know that this all sounds conceited, but let me give you an example. MY BROTHER! He's just always demanding my attention, or making repetative noises, and it's hard for me to be patient with him. I don't know! Does anyone relate?
The virtue that I have found to give me the most trouble is, "Giving More Then Required While Giving All Beforehand." I defined this virtue as going above and beyond the expectations of others as well as the expectations of oneself. For me to officially have mastered this virtue, I know in my heart that I need to fulfill both aspects of the virtue. Going above and beyond the expectations of others has posed no real problem for me because everyone has different expectations of people. But the second phrase, "going above and beyond the expectations of oneself," has given me a considerable amount of trouble. I have set high moral standards for myself, not only at school and at home, but pertaining to all aspects of life. The fact that I have set such high standards for myself can possibly be viewed as setting myself up for failure, but I view it in a different way, a more optimistic way. It always keeps me reaching for the unreachable height and the unattainable perfection that I and others expect of me. So in reality, I am not hindering my ability to achieve my goals, values, standards, and virtues, I'm setting the bar high so that I can better myself in many areas and aspects of life, for both short term and long term.
The hardest virtue to follow, for me, is Time Management/ Procrastination. I leave things to the last minute, but somehow, by a miracle, I live to the next day! I can manage well with many responsibilities but trying to organize them is the impossible part. So much to do! The American Dream, lately, seems to be procrastination and time management! The only way to go is going after you're gone!
I guess it wasn't really hard for me to do or not do something. A lot of my chart is really inconsistent. So on my chart I used colors and I did green for good, yellow for okay, and red for really bad. But on Monday, after school I had the worst day and I have all these red boxes because I was so upset that I had trouble being (for instance) "hard to anger" and "patient." Haha, I know it's really sad, but one of the few green boxes I had was physical well-being because I went to bed early because I was so upset.
Oh my gosh Katie L.! You are adorable! I think we all should be more grateful for everything we have!
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