Virtue Blog

1. Being a wholehearted person means being thoughtful and kind
2. Forgiveness between people
3. Being a wholehearted person is being able to forgive and care for the ones around you.

Virtue Class Activity: Jenny and her boyfriend Felipe are friends that I have known for almost two years now. We were all taking chemistry together, studied together and have been friends since then. I try to keep my distance when it comes to who’s my friend and who are my acquaintances, but for some reason whenever I did study or talk to them it felt genuine and sincere. Jenny is the type of friend that always smiles and wants to see her friends succeed, and Felipe is the same way however he’s a little more shy and timid but overall will speak his mind if he’s comfortable around you. In our chemistry class we would spend hours upon hours a day to study and make sure we understood the material. We would push one another and wouldn’t stop until we all understood it. Jenny used to fail her exams before we studied and it came to a point where Jenny had gotten a better grade than us. The bond we had and our work ethic was something I never imagined I would be a part of. This past year May of twenty eighteen, they surprised me with a cake for my birthday. I went to sleep early, knowing I did not have any plans so I slept around around 7:30 pm that day, and my dad woke me up saying “your friends are here” around 9:30 pm, it really caught me by surprise. Jenny and Felipe also brought a former classmate of mine which was Felipe’s sister and a high school friend of mine named John. I was confused on what was happening until I saw candles and a cake. When I saw them I felt love and friendship. It had brought me to tears, never have I ever felt so valued and cared for until that moment by friends. They could have forgotten about my birthday but they really went above and beyond. Personally I value friendship, however it is hard to find it; especially people who do it from the heart. My parents are from afghanistan and they tell me stories about their neighbors and teammates. it seems like in third world countries you can find people who will actually be there no matter the situation. I have never found genuine people in my life that actually went out of their way for me, the way I did for them and others. I’ve never had a lot of friends let alone any that did anything like this for me. It really showed me how wholehearted and thoughtful people can be especially in today’s day and age. 

Everyone has their own view on virtues and to me virtue stems from morality. I feel as if having the right moral really affects everyone around and it could be positive or negative. Having good morals not only eases our conscience but could lead to trust from others and opportunities span from trust. 

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