"Kindness is the essence of greatness"
~Joseph B.Wirthlin
Being a kind person gets you far. When your kind to others they will have good things to say to others about you. For example if your kind, people will want to hire you because your good with interacting with customers. And maybe with being kind to your customers they will give good fee back to your boss and he or she might give you a raise and promote you to a bigger status like manager. Just with a simple act people will have gratitude and may even want to pay you back. It will change peoples perspective of you. In the other way around if you weren't so kind people wouldn't even want to face you because you give them the cold shoulder or you say mean things. When they think about you they will have horrible things to say to others about you. You probaly wont even get hire because people wouldn't want a person with a mean attitude. So its always better to be kind to others because it will lead to greatness.
"Thanksgiving Week"
Thanksgiving this year was kind of the same as all the others except it was slightly different this year. This year my family and I went to my favorite cousins house which was fun because I got to finally see them after like 2 months. Anyway before we went the day before my parents made tamales to take because my mom didn't want to go empty handed and just eat, so they made them and then they cooked them the next morning. Once we got there we were actually the first ones to arrive so i was just chatting with my cousins and using my phone waiting for other family members to arrive so we can all eat together. After an hour or so we went outside to the tables and ate mostly what my aunt cooked. This year was actually the first time that I ate turkey because in my house we don't make turkey because my mom just doesn't like it so I've never really had a type of "traditional" kind of feast. But then again my whole family both my mom's and dad's side never have that big feast in a round table we've always improvised some how. After I was just with my cousins in the living room while the adults were outside and we were just taking a lot of photos, being funny, snapchatting etc. until one of my other adult cousin came in and asked if we wanted to go black Friday shopping with him in a while or so. And my parents gave me permission and money to go and we came till late like around 3 am and my cousins actually slept over in my house since my other cousin didn't want to be driving back and fourth since we went to a variety of places so they crashed with me. But my parents didn't know they were there so in the morning it was kind of a surprise it was just hilarious. And later on we went again with my cousin to shop more since it was still Friday and that was what pretty much happened
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"If it is not right,
do not do it;
if it is not true
do not say it."
~Marcus Aurelius
When you know that something is wrong doing then you shouldn't do it. Even if it might affect you or someone else wrong is wrong even when you don't think so at first. Same goes for telling the truth. When you know something isn't true then don't say it because it can have negative consequences later on. For example if you say a false statement to a group of a friends or just a friend, like a gossip about someone else then eventually that gossip will spread around knowing that it is a false rumored you invented about a person and then you will get deeply into trouble. Another example, if your parents don't allow you to have friends over when there not home then you shouldn't be disobeying them. Maybe ask for permission once in while but if they say no then they meant it. And if you do your actions will have consequences. If they have suspicion that you didn't obey them and they ask you about it then you have to tell them the truth. Because like wise they'll find about it later and punish you more for both breaking their rules and lying to them. So its better to speak up with the truth now then later. Or better yet just don't disobey them at all and do the right thing.
"Doing what is right, fair and honorable is more important than winning or losing."
~Chick Moorman
Its always better to do the right thing and to always be fair and honorable than to be the loser or winner. Sure it feels good to win and to not be the sore loser but being fair is what counts in the game. For example lets say two teams are playing a soccer game againts each other and one team decides to bribe the referey to give them an upper hand so they can win, that is what we call unfairness and unhonorable because there getting an upper hand and they breaking the rules. They're basically the sore loser because they decided to be unfair just to win one game that doesnt really have as big significance. And eventually when people find out about this they will not be honored to have gone for this team because they werent doing the right at that time and they're reputaion is now ruined. So you see its better to always do the right thing even if your not winner all the time its better to be fair and honorable than not to be.
" 1. Have the courage to say no,
2. Have the courage to face the truth,
3. Do the right thing because it is right.
These are the 3 magic keys to
living your life with integrity."
~W.Clement Stone
Having the value to do things that others have yet failed to do gives you integrity. When you stand up to others and to say no to something you know is wrong then you shouldn't be forced to do it. Just say No! Even if others don't agree with your decision you always need to stand up for what you believe is right. You also need to tell to tell the truth about something. Even in tough situations you need to have the integrity to tell the truth even if it pains you. You need to always do the right thing because its the right thing to do. If someone chooses to do the wrong do not follow their example because eventually that person will get caught and be punished for there wrong doing. And you wouldn't want to be that person now would you? That's why you need to stick up for what you believe in knowing its the right thing to do. Your integrity will take you far and change peoples perspective about you. Because they know that you have the courage to speak up to someone when you know something isn't right.
