A human virtue that I find to be an important asset to life is courage. Some of the characteristics of courage is; bravery, persistence, honesty, kindness, and zest. I think that courage is an important virtue because there are many things in life that people have to go through on a daily basis where you have to be courageous to face. Being honest is a characteristics of this virtue that means a whole lot to me. If a person is not honest, they will have a hard time forming healthy relationships with anyone in life.
If you are married, you have to have honesty between you and your spouse, if not chances are you relationship won’t last. People also have to be honest with not only other people but themselves as well. Another characteristic that I find to be very important is kindness. Kindness is a very important characteristic because you must treat people the way you want to be treated. I think it is fair to say that everyone wants to be treated kindly and with respect. But if you don’t give that to other people you most likely will not have it gave to you.
If a person contains these characterizes, they will probably live a fairly happy life, with healthy relationships. When I think about these characteristics in a person, I think about is my grandmother. She tried her best to live up to all of these characters and did it very well if I must say so. My grandmother had a huge heart. She cared for everyone and was always trying to help people or make them feel better. She was also very honest, to the point that it almost hurt. I can’t think of one time that my grandmother told a lie. I feel like in order for a person to be honest all the time, they have to have courage.
The Essay on People often complain about life in the U.S.
People complain when most of their needs are not met. The irony of it lies when complaints are just piled up without any further insights on how to solve such problems. In the long run, complaints become a part of the lifestyle of people who are good at pointing at the loopholes most especially of the government, and of the leaders. As there would always be a reason for every action that is done, ...
Sometimes you have to tell people things that they may not want to hear, or that may hurt them so you have to be courageous enough to tell them. I wish I had half of these characteristics that my grandmother had. When she passed away she had a whole lot of people present celebrating her life, and there was a lot of people that had nothing but good things HUMAN VIRTUES AND CHARACTER STRENGTHS 3 to say about her and how good of a person that she was. I wish I could be as courageous as my grad mother because she was truly great.
