Why Setting Your Own Standard is Important
In my second year of college, I have grown to learn to be more introspective than ever. Today I feel that I am reaching of becoming the best version of myself, a person who I am proud to be. Encountering most incredible people, exhilarating experiences, participating in leadership roles, working, studying and evolving myself taught me to reflect on myself and my actions as a responsibility. Briefly, I have been thinking about expectations for myself and how they can be applied towards morally navigating at life. Virtues that I expect myself to follow: 1) Kindness. This word defines my essence most accurately as I truly believe in being kind. I have been told quite often that many people take a person's kindness for weakness and that I am being naive in my judgement, but I think that having a kind heart takes strength of a character. I need to be kind to myself and others, and it has to be done in balance. Being more open-minded, less judgemen...