Practicing good virtues

You know sometimes life is so stressful that we tend to do things to relieve our mind away from reality.  I’ve done it and I know you all have done it too.  I say that because life is full of responsibilities.  There are always things to do and deadlines to meet.  Everybody isn’t organized and even when you’re organized, you still get tired sometimes.  We all need time for pleasure or entertainment.  If you don’t have time for yourself, then you need to backtrack and look at your life.  We just get so busy that we tend to always do things for our spouse, friends or children.  That’s okay but you have a life too.  Think about that statement.  If you’re not in your right mind, how are you going to help anybody else?  You have to be responsible but there’s nothing wrong with finding a social bunch and communicating at times.  This is good for the soul.  The problem comes in when we get involved with our life and don’t practice good virtues. 

You know we put a lot of stress on ourselves.  Everybody is free to do whatever he or she wishes to do.  That’s all good but when we don’t practice good virtues, something negative always happens.  I know everybody is not strong enough to do the right thing but at least try.  Before you know it, you will be able to overcome some of the bad habits that you do.  I know I’m not perfect and I make mistakes but I don’t fall all the time.  I’m a very loving person and I try my best to do good things and treat others the way I would want to be treated.   What I saying is:  we’re not perfect but we need to try to keep our mind on doing good things and not bad things.  The devil is already on our backs waiting for us to mess up.  Don’t give him anything to use against you.  Try and be stronger than that.  We all are human and we all were born with sin. 

When we get to know Jesus and be born again, God shows us what’s good and what’s bad.  When this happens, we know where we are and where we need to be.  Life is already a challenge and when we don’t practice good virtues, we are only making the challenge harder.  When we do bad things, we affect ourselves and others as well.  We’re definitely not living up to one of the most commandments of all:  Loving God and his children.  We waste too much energy being negative.  Being negative doesn’t add another day to your life.  Actually, it takes away days from your life. 

We need to feel good about our actions so that we can enjoy the life that was given to us.  Now, I know we interact with people a lot and sometimes people are mean.  We still have the obligation to love unconditionally.  God said allow your light to shine.  People get tired of living in darkness.  People may be negative for a while but love them unconditionally and they will come around.  I know that’s true because when we do good deeds, our light shine and people want to be a part of the light.  When we live in darkness, there’s no light.  Eventually, life will become darker and darker and you’re not going to see your way through.  Let’s try and practice good virtues and enjoy the beauty of life.    

GOOD VIRTUES
 
Compassion
Humility
 
Work
Charity
 
Friendship
Responsibility
 
Courage
Patience
 
Perseverance
Honesty
 
Self-Discipline
Loyalty
 
Faith
Hope
 
Practice Good virtues and keep the stress away.

MATTHEW 7:17
 
Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.