Ten wonderful Qualities
I just got on Facebook and saw a list of eight characteristics of a toxic person. The list may be valuable if we are in a relationship with someone who has a lot of those qualities. In this blog, I attempt to mostly look at the positive and loving ways to live. Our website is positiveplace.com and it is also our email address, which we have used since 1995. Tanya and Lana Bloch kindly bought us the domain at the time. So, tonight I immediately looked for a list that would exemplify our goodness. I found this one titled; The ten best qualities in any person. Here is the list, which I edited to work for the blog.
The 10 Best Qualities in Any Person
By Cathryn Conroy
If you want to be a better person–or a better spouse, parent, friend or employee–it could be a simple matter of adopting the right traits. Based on numerous Internet discussions and lessons learned from life, here are the top 10 best qualities for any person.
1. Be honest
Honesty is a way of life. It means you don’t steal, you don’t cheat on your taxes and you keep your word.
2. Be happy
It’s not about money, looks or status. Being genuinely grateful for what you have and looking forward to the dawn of each day can make you feel a kind of happiness that is contagious.
3. Be respectful of others
When you treat others as you would like to be treated, you are showing the ultimate kind of respect.
4. Be easygoing and fun
As the old saying goes, “Live, laugh, love.” Slow down from life’s frantic pace and have fun–whether it’s an unscheduled day playing hooky from your responsibilities or just a few minutes respite from the grind.
5. Be confident
Once you accept there is always someone out there who is better than you, you can realize your own abilities. Be confident in what you can–and cannot–do.
6. Be emotionally open
Be open and honest with those you love. Express your opinions and listen to theirs without criticizing.
7. Be disciplined
No one is watching over your shoulder when you slack off–except you. Self-discipline means you have a finely tuned sense of ethics, of what is right and what is wrong, and you act accordingly. You are strong enough to say ‘no’ to life’s many temptations.
8. Take pride in yourself
While too much pride does not serve us, we all need to feel some pride in who we are, where we live and what we do. That kind of pride helps define who you are in your world.
9. Be compassionate
Being empathic to the needs of others and doing good deeds to ease others’ suffering is one of the most basic acts of kindness and goodness we accomplish as human beings.
10. Have a sense of humor
You have to be able to laugh, especially at yourself. There is humor in almost every situation. You just have to find it. And laughing is almost always better than crying.
Instead of the Ten Commandments, these could be the Ten Adjustments. We are all learning the best ways we can be and we are constantly changing and becoming. It is not how we follow hard and fast rules so much as how we access the love in our hearts and live from that place. From my heart to yours, Thomas