There are three steps towards obtaining a moral character. These steps when perfected can make you a: Very Important Person (V.I.P.). The 'V' equals Value. Consider what is important in your life. How can influences affect what you value and how can you achieve your values?
The 'I' stands for Important. Take notice of who and what you imitate. Imitating negative behaviors and negative people who act immorally, means that you are adopting negative character traits. For example, the main character in a popular movie always gets even when someone wrongs him. Remember, two wrongs do not make a right. If you begin to imitate this character by retaliating when someone wrongs you, then you are imitating negative behaviors that will develop into negative character traits. On the other hand, consider the person of moral potential you can become if you pick out all the positive moral traits and imitate them.
The 'P' equals Practice. Make moral choices and practice beneficial behaviors that will build your character. Consistently practicing a right behavior makes it a habit, and it becomes a part of your character. For example, by practicing being honest, you will be known as an honest person whom others can trust.
Being aware of what you value means carefully considering what you are allowing yourself to be influenced by. For instance, someone who views a lot of violent movies and video games and listens to songs with lyrics that depict violence will begin to value aggression as the way to solve their problems. A person who values friends above all else will be easily influenced to do things that they know are wrong just to fit in.
Bad influences are proven to have negative effects on positive moral character. If you repeatedly attend to violent acts of any kind, these actions are stored in the attic of your mind. Later, even after many years, these can come back in instant replay, and you can find yourself doing the very things witnessed so long ago.
Are you starting to recognize how important it is to pay attention and be steadfast in maintaining your true values, making adjustments to their level of importance in order to focus on developing moral character traits within yourself? We are all bombarded with negative influences every day. Some things we have control over, some we don't. It is up to us to make sure we are allowing positive influences in and rejecting and keeping out the negative ones. Do you know the expression: "Garbage in, garbage out?" Well, let's say, "Positive influences in, makes moral character come out!"
The 'I' stands for Important. Take notice of who and what you imitate. Imitating negative behaviors and negative people who act immorally, means that you are adopting negative character traits. For example, the main character in a popular movie always gets even when someone wrongs him. Remember, two wrongs do not make a right. If you begin to imitate this character by retaliating when someone wrongs you, then you are imitating negative behaviors that will develop into negative character traits. On the other hand, consider the person of moral potential you can become if you pick out all the positive moral traits and imitate them.
The 'P' equals Practice. Make moral choices and practice beneficial behaviors that will build your character. Consistently practicing a right behavior makes it a habit, and it becomes a part of your character. For example, by practicing being honest, you will be known as an honest person whom others can trust.
Being aware of what you value means carefully considering what you are allowing yourself to be influenced by. For instance, someone who views a lot of violent movies and video games and listens to songs with lyrics that depict violence will begin to value aggression as the way to solve their problems. A person who values friends above all else will be easily influenced to do things that they know are wrong just to fit in.
Bad influences are proven to have negative effects on positive moral character. If you repeatedly attend to violent acts of any kind, these actions are stored in the attic of your mind. Later, even after many years, these can come back in instant replay, and you can find yourself doing the very things witnessed so long ago.
Are you starting to recognize how important it is to pay attention and be steadfast in maintaining your true values, making adjustments to their level of importance in order to focus on developing moral character traits within yourself? We are all bombarded with negative influences every day. Some things we have control over, some we don't. It is up to us to make sure we are allowing positive influences in and rejecting and keeping out the negative ones. Do you know the expression: "Garbage in, garbage out?" Well, let's say, "Positive influences in, makes moral character come out!"
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