Casey+J.



The virtue I have selected is tranquility, which basically defines the act of not being disturbed at trifles, or common accidents. In simpler terms, not letting the little and meaningless things getting to you. I have selected this virtue for several reasons, which the main reason being to stop all the meaningless things and pet peeves from bothering me. I think that trying to perfect tranquility will help me be a better person, for I will not be bothered by certain things as easily, and it may even allow me to try and understand the acts that had bothered me before, and not view them as negative anymore.

I will work on perfecting this virtue in several ways, one being to allow things to just happen without worrying about them. For example if, when driving, a car in front of mine is driving very slowly, instead of becoming frusterated or angry about that driver, I will try to hold my patience and just wait until I can pass that car or until their car takes another direction, etc. One main aspect of perfecting this virtue will be patience, which is very important to not letting little things get to me, such as slow drivers. If I can have patience, I believe I can perfect the virtue of tranquility and realize that everything happens for a reason, and to just let everything occur on its natural course.

So far my desire to perfect the virtue of tranquility is going well I would say. I have been more and more patient with everything and trying to not let the little things bother me as some of them used to. Monday evening driving home I had been waiting for what had seemed like forever sitting in traffic on I-81 due to an accident that had happened. Instead of becoming irritated with the traffic I instead just patiently waited it out and realized sooner or later traffic would begin to flow again, and eventually it did. Although I'm nowhere near perfecting tranquility quite yet, I'm definitely improving my ability to be tranquil when I have to, and so far it is rewarding.
 * UPDATE #1* 4/22/09**

My act of perfecting tranquility is going well thus far. This past weekend I showed the ability to be tranquil through my actions. My younger cousin who is only 4 years old accidentally spilled my coffee all over my bedroom's floor. Instead of getting upset about it I just realized it wasn't really a big deal and cleaned it up instead of worrying about it. I'm becoming more and more interested in becoming patient and perfecting tranquility.
 * UPDATE #2* 4/26/09**

More and more I find myself trying to perfect the virtue of tranquility. It is becoming more and more important to me that I do not let every little meaningless act bother me. One main aspect of tranquility is to simply realize that accidents do occur, and to let them go on without worrying about it. One recent act of trying to be tranquil for me occured the other day, when it was very hot outside for an April day. Having to mow the entire yard in the heat wasn't exactly fun, however, it needed to be done so I just finished the job at hand and didn't really worry about the temperature at all. Being tranquil is also a way to become more relaxed in life as well.
 * UPDATE #3* 4/29/09**

Casey, You are doing such a great job practicing tranquility! Mrs. V

This past weekend it was hard for me to maintain the act of trying to perfect tranquility for I was very stressed out. I had lots of school work to do, in various subjects while at the same time having outside events to attend, such as the Trout Derby cleanup for CASHS Leo Club. Being stressed can put a damper on patience and I ended up losing my patience several times, but overall I remained somewhat tranquil, where as months ago I would probably wouldn't have done so.
 * UPDATE #4* 5/4/09**