Patience

Responsibility

Hey Basalt...nice comments about Loyalty.  Good examples.  I hope you are enjoying these latest blogs as much as I am.  I thought I would take on Responsibility - demonstrating personal accountability and being answerable for one's behavior.  Don't you get the feeling that things have become so twisted recently?  We elect politicians at the city, state and national level and give them the responsibility of providing security, overseeing health and education, watching out for our economy, making sure our corporations and their employees are well, that we have energy and many other things.  Then, along comes this crisis in our economy and the politicians don't accept the responsibility for what has happened. Instead, it is easy to place blame.  Says the government, it was the greedy mortgage and banking industry; it was GM, Ford and Chryslers fault for the predicament they are in; it was greedy Wall Street investment bankers; it was Main Street extending itself beyond their means with easy credit.  The Mayors, the Governors, the Houses, the Senates, the various government agencies at every level. Not their fault.  And then, the corporations themselves.  Not our fault, say they. It was government regulations and restrictions and high energy prices etc that have caused our problems.  And then, the American people.  Not our fault. It's the government, the corporations,  the unions, they're responsible for the mess we're in.  Well, personally, I think that people need to have responsibility and demonstrate personal accountability and should answer for their behavior, or lack thereof.  Replace those people in elected office with people who can do their jobs. Replace those people at the highest corporate levels with people who can do their jobs.  And let every man and women and child be responsible for their actions and answerable to their behavior. And that would be a good start.

Loyalty

Justice

Nicely stated Slate. I watched that Secret Millionaire TV show and had the same thought. Your blog was a perfect example.  I thought I would follow-up with Justice - treating fairly and accepting to one's abilities and potential.   Personally, when we were picking out character traits, I didn't see this one.  I've always thought of justice as the administering of deserved punishment or reward or the administration of what is just according to law.  So, going with treating fairly as a character trait, I guess it means that when your are in a position to judge that you hear both sides of the dispute and are fair in the resolution in the matter, without bias.  Doing the right thing could be seen as justice, I guess.  I'm struggling a little with this concept to tell you the truth.  Any of you Little Rox have any ideas about this?  I'd love to hear what you have to say.

Humility