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Top Six Virtues and What They Mean To Me

30 Day Blogging Challenge

PROMPT July 22nd
Make a list of the top five most important virtues and why.

I am not putting these in any particular order:

Respect. I think this is a baseline or foundational virtue, in that all others branch from it. Respect is for yourself and for others. It is living the Golden Rule of doing unto others as you would have them do unto you. The importance of stopping to think 'how would I react if someone did... such and such." Taking a moment to consider that helps you maintain a level of respect for all involved.

Can I group Love/Kindness/Caring together? These are also foundational virtues... particularly LOVE. It may be more foundational than Respect. And like respect, it is towards yourself and towards others. The idea that you must love yourself before you can love others has merit. Coming from a place of love highlights all the other virtues... and I could also include Compassion into this mix.

Trust and Honesty also come into play. Not only do you have to trust yourself and your abilities, you have to be honest with yourself about things. It starts with you, before it moves out to others. Trust must be earned.... when I was younger, I trusted more readily, but with age, I have come to find that not everyone is so trustworthy. Still, I try not to judge a person. I try to stay aware of my own prejudices and stay open so that those prejudices don't colour the experience. A person needs to be taken as a person first, not strapped with judgments that are probably not accurate. I am honest with myself about those thoughts... and make a conscious effort to stay open and not close done with judgement.

These are my six top virtues. They are foundational to living in a world where people are people and not a caricature of prejudices.