At the beginning of May, I was given a history assignment that went along with my study of Benjamin Franklin. Franklin believed that everyone should practice certain virtues in their daily lives to achieve moral perfection. So for nine days I had to pick a moral virtue for each day, try to use that virtue throughout my day, and then journal about how I succeeded or failed.
Here are my journals from this assignment. I thought I would share with you the experience. (I'll try to post a new one everyday so check back with me!)
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May 6, 2009- Industry
My moral virtue of the day was industry. I would not say that I completely succeeded in this area, but I believe I put forth a great deal of effort to achieve it.
I worked really hard in all of my school assignments and tried to remember everything in detail that I read throughout the day. I tried to ask as many questions so as to further my knowledge.
This evening I had to play the guitar with a group of people from church. I gave a hundred percent to my playing, trying to make every chord as clear as I could play. Before I began playing, I checked my tuning twice so I would have the best possible sound.
When I left the church, I was determined to come straight home and finish my history reading. But when I arrived home, I got distracted by the computer.
Overall, I tried to be productive and work hard at everything I did. However, I did have my moments of laziness.
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