There are three steps towards building 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' equals Important. Beware of what and who 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' stands for 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.
Negative influences are proven to have harmful effects on positive moral character. If you repeatedly watch violent acts of any kind, these actions are recorded in the library of your mind. Later, even after many years, these can come back in instant replay, and you can find yourself doing the very things seen so long ago.
Are you beginning to see that it is important 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 bad influences every day. Some of them 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' equals Important. Beware of what and who 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' stands for 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.
Negative influences are proven to have harmful effects on positive moral character. If you repeatedly watch violent acts of any kind, these actions are recorded in the library of your mind. Later, even after many years, these can come back in instant replay, and you can find yourself doing the very things seen so long ago.
Are you beginning to see that it is important 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 bad influences every day. Some of them 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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