Tyler+McC.



The virtue that I have chosen is silence. The virtue silence means speak not but what may benefit others or yourself; avoid trifling conversation. There are several reasons why I chose this virtue, one of them being that I want to learn how to think about what I say before I say it. Also I want to learn how to not talk about other people if its not good. These few things are examples of the virtue silence and i will be happy if i can accomplish these things. Now that I have chosen my virtue, which is silence, I need to work on how to perfect it. First of all I will have to learn how to control what I say and how to think before I speak. This shouldn’t be too hard for me to do if I work hard at it. The next step to perfecting my virtue would be to not gossip or talk about other people behind their back. I don’t do this much in the first place so I should be able to do it. Perfecting my virtue of silence has been a little more difficult than i origanally expected. I have realized that silence is difficult for me because i am a highschool teenager who likes to talk alot. I still talk out in class a lot, which i need to cut down on a little. I am starting to think about what i say a little more but i have yet to catch myself before i say it.
 * Update #1**

Today was a good day for me in terms of my virtue of silence. A girl in my school said something very disrepectful about an event that happend this past week. Many people were mad at her ; i was expecially mad because because this event affected my life greatly. I could have confronted this girl and started a problem with her, but instead i kept my mouth shut and didnt say anything.**
 * Update #2