5 Virtues

     There are a million-and-one things wrong with me. I know my flaws, as well as my strengths. However, one has to always think, "What can I do in order to make myself a better person..."? If I were to pick five virtues that I should work on, I would pick the following: Diligence, because it is very important to stick to something and completely finish it. Patience, because it seems hard for me to keep my cool sometimes. Having patience would make me a lot calmer and understanding person. Cooperation, because being an Armenian, I already have the disadvantage (or advantage in some cases) of being very stubborn. I tend to think that I am always right, which is not the best thing to think in most cases. Eloquence, because I truly believe that speech and the way one speaks can have a very strong influence on people's opinions. Having the virtue of being eloquent can help when leading a large group, which comes in handy often. Finally, humility, because to me, humbleness shows the true character of any person. I highly respect those that have the ability to be humble.
     I chose to be patient for the past two days. Though it proved to be very difficult at times, I think I did pull through as best as I could. An example of how I was patient actually happened today (or yesturday since I am posting this 12:24 AM). I was blocking the enterance as a scout while Aram I Catholicos visited, and there were many avid christian old ladies among the crowd. There was a group of seventy to eighty year olds who were insisting that they should pass through, and no matter how many times I told them that they could not, they kept shoving and pushing. If they were twenty years younger, and if I was not wearing my scouts uniform, I sware I would have beat them all up. Fortunately, the circumstances did not let me express myself in that way. I thought about how I was working on my patience, and I restrained from getting mad, and chose instead to be understanding and patient. Next time old women are bothering you, think that you have your entire life ahead of you, and they have lived their's, so they are just tired now. Understand, have patience, and go home and punch a pillow instead.