In order to survive in 21st Century, there need to be at least some standards and goals of morality in a person’s life. Moral excellence is definitely hard to achieve and attain, but is definitely something to attempt. Personally, I think there are many distractions and obstructions the present day provides, creating a difficulty of direction in my own life. But you need to overcome obstacles in everyday life, such as personal fears in order to become a confident, successful person. The present day provides impediments which I believe I can overcome by way of morality and virtue. In my opinion, Discipline, Courage, Patience and Faith are all virtues necessary for personal achievement in anyone’s life.
The first virtue I think is predominant over others is order or just the discipline in whatever you do. Discipline is something that directs in our everyday lives, a working condition we cannot live without. Without order there is chaos, and with chaos there is little room for virtue. It is important because it provides life with stability and direction. As an example of Discipline, look at the awe attached with men in uniform, the attitude which governs their lifestyle is a type of order, setting specifics of where, when and how they should be. If anyone can achieve order in his own life, worries and concerns will be eliminated by means of order that will easily become habit. Nothing can be achieved without some sort of order, but we must first recognize that the things we desire can be achieved only by gaining discipline, which is truly the first need of human life.
Courage is the second virtue I have chosen. Courage is a virtue needed to conquer fear or despair. The virtue of courage is important because it can be applied in numerous situations and it wasn’t said just-like-that: “Who dares wins”. If people possess courage, they can be strong and stable in situations where they might feel uncomfortable. Since there are many things in life which are stressful and unfamiliar, such as apprehension of the first day on a job, taking a scary ride, or doing something what you thought you can never do, courage will allow you to overcome these suspicions and fears. If you can overcome those fears, you will never have to ask the question to yourself, “What if?”, ‘cause you’ll just surely know the “then.” Remember, Noah was a brave man to sail in a wooden boat with two termites. When at one hand with courage, you can feel better about yourself and not be so timid, but at the same time, courage is not something which you should abuse. If courage is abused it can easily generate into conceit or egotism. Egotism can easily be obtained by overworking courage. Courage levels out to be the happy medium between bashfulness and conceit… As the Nike sales line goes, “Just do it!” but, responsibly.
The third virtue which I think leads to self-improvement is patience. Patience is the tolerance and the ability to wait. Patience is necessary for life because throughout life there is waiting to be done. At times it feels like half of life is spent in waiting, but thankfully there are few desirable alternatives to being patient. Patience is a required trait, and there are absolutely no shortcuts for waiting. Personally, patience can be applied to my life because there is suspense and waiting for the rest of my life and there is no alternative for even my own waiting. You must wait for the right time, wait for your turn, wait for the light to turn green, ‘cause remember if you don’t then it’s good to know that it takes 8,460 bolts to assemble an automobile, and one nut to scatter it all over the road!
Faith is the last but not the least of all the virtues to embrace (and no, I didn’t mean to be clichéd 🙂 ) This is one of the virtues that literally keeps me alive, floats me through abysmal situations and gives me hope when it’s least expected. Have faith, have hope and you’ll never end up on the end which you don’t want to be. Out of the all the rest, Faith is one virtue which is governed by the heart, and not the mind, thus it comes as the hardest one to comprehend and attain. But when one taps into these mystical powers of Faith, that person opens a door of unlimited knowledge, which might at times become exhaustive, but that’s where your discipline is practiced, courage is challenged and patience put to test. I read somewhere, “Faith can move mountains, but don’t be surprised if God hands you a shovel” and there, you just know exactly where to weave your virtues in 🙂
In agreement with William Shakespeare, I conclude here by quoting, “Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful” 🙂
Enjoy my Earthlings, wishing you a Happy Life 🙂
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