Reasons to Be Hardworking, Forgiving, Honest and Trustworthy

Being forgiving is a difficult trait to have especially if someone damaged one badly. The time when the person I trusted the most in the world, my best friend stole from my family and stabbed me in the back, it taught me that in order to continue living my life with no weight on my back I had to learn to be forgiving regardless of the situation. Being forgiving and honest is a rare wealth many people don’t have. I belive that when a person can be hardworking, forgiving, honest and trustworthy he can build healthy relationships with people. In this essay I will analyse these traits through personal viewpoint and from cultural perspective.

I Was Taught to Be Hardworking 

Being hardworking is a value that has always been important in my culture and family. This value was instilled in me since I was small. My parents would always tell me that I need to work hard and put maximum effort into everything I do in order to accomplish my goals and dreams of becoming a pediatrician. To add on, being hardworking requires a large amount of effort and patience. A phrase that my parents have told me since I was small and has stuck with me throughout my 15 years of age is “Success won’t come easy. If you want it, you have to go get it.” For instance, that phrase has helped me to continue being hardworking when all I wanted to do was give up. For example, sometimes I need to avoid going to parties or having fun in order to stay home and study for an exam I have. Being hardworking will require me many sleepless nights and I will encounter failures, but the belief of being hardworking will help me to stay focused on my main goal of becoming a pediatrician and will help me overcome and learn from my failures. In addition, this belief is currently relevant in my life because as a 15-year old I am extremely hardworking. To illustrate, I am a sophomore in high school but I am attending college as well. I will graduate high school along with my associate’s degree. Even though I deal with a vast amount of stress, being hardworking is a value that plays a huge part in my life.

Why We Should Be be Honest and Trustworthy?

In addition, the belief of being honest regardless of the situation has been important in my household and culture since I was a baby. Being honest has helped me avoid many problems in my life that could have caused me serious consequences in the long run. This belief was instilled in me since I was young. To illustrate, my parents always taught me that showing honesty allowed me to develop truthful relationships and friendships with others. If I am honest with others, they will most likely be honest and trustworthy back to me. For example, being honest has helped me to develop a better relationship with my parents, primarily my mother. The value of being honest allows my mom to have trust in me and to let me do certain things such as going out more often with my friends because she trusts me not to do anything I’m not supposed to do. Having an honest relationship with one’s parents is a wealth that many people don’t have and don’t try to have. Moreover, being honest has scientifically been proven allows a person to be less depressed and to have less anxiety since when we lie, we feel guilty and under pressure. Being honest would not only prevent all of these issues but would allow us to live a better life in general.

Forgiveness Which Brings Peace to the Heart

Furthermore, being forgiving is an important value that has taught me to live a more happy, healthy life. Thus, we are all humans and we make mistakes because no one is perfect so it’s important to learn to be forgiving and give others second chances. Being forgiving helps one’s own growth and happiness. If one keeps resentments and contempt towards others, one will have pain and won’t live peacefully with our own self. For example, about two years ago I had a best friend who I trusted with my life. She would sleepover at my house and since I trusted her, she saw where I kept most of my valuable items such as jewelry and money. One day, she slept over and when I woke up, she was gone. It seemed strange because she wouldn’t leave without saying goodbye, but I simply thought she had a family emergency. When I look in my jewelry drawer, I noticed my gold necklace was missing along with $200 I had saved. At first, I didn’t want to believe what she had done to me, but the reality was that the person I called my “best friend” stole from me. It was hard for me to forgive her and all I wanted to do was to get revenge, but in order to continue living my life peacefully I had to learn to be forgiving and let go of those thoughts about revenge. In this case, the act that she stole from me will always be with me, but forgiveness helped me feel free from the fact that the person I called my ‘best friend” hurt me. Forgiveness isn’t forgetting the harm that was caused but forgiveness is learning to move past that harm. If I wouldn’t have been forgiving about the situation that occurred, I would have been so wrapped up in the thought of who hurt me that I wouldn’t be enjoying the present. This belief helps me bring a kind of peace to my life and helps me move on with life.

Final Thoughts

In the final analysis, we have all been taught different values and beliefs since we were younger that we will implement in our future lives and even demonstrate to our kids in the future. The values of honesty, forgiveness, and hardworking are the most important values that make up my cultural identity. Being hardworking allows me to accomplish my goals and stay focused on success, being forgiving allows me to continue living life peacefully, and being honest allows me to develop trustworthy relationships for the rest of my life.