Journal #11

It is very important to live your life by several important virtues. Honesty is a major one. When you live your life truthful, it is more fulfilling and happier. Lying creates tension, guilt, and has other negative impacts on your life. By being honest, you are able to not feel those feelings, and it allows other people to trust in what you say, and you to feel more free. You want people to believe in the things you say, and not doubt you. Another very important virtue is Loyalty. You can be loyal to a number of things, a person, an object, a pet, and many others. All these virtues run together, if you are not honest people will not believe you and therefore they will also not be loyal to you. Being loyal involves a fierce protectiveness and a want to have the best for them. Loyalty is very important because it entails forming bonds with someone or something that is not easily broken, these bonds are important for your character. Patience is another great virtue. Most people have heard of the saying, "Good things happen to people who wait.". This is true. Being a patient person will always have a positive outcome. A person who is not patient is not very likable because they will complain all of the time whenever they are waiting for something. The last good virtue is fortitude  Fortitude is the will to overcome fear or obstacles. This is very important because living your life sheltered is not really living your life at all. You need to be able to go out and do something spontaneous and unexpected. Fortitude is also important because it is like determination. When you set your mind to do something, it is the will to be able to follow through on that promise you made to yourself. By living your life by all of these virtues, your life will be more fulfilled and happier.