Virtue & Wisdom

When did virtue die? When did striving for a virtuous life become the last choice for a lifestyle?  Why is it so hard to explain to people self-sacrifice? Why do outsiders to a situation always feel virtue is a blight on your identity?

I want to live a virtuous life. I want to do the right thing. I want to be honest, fair, and just.  I want to give more than I receive.  I want to give everything for others. I want it. Why is it absurd to offer a close friend free rent, while I pay, because their down on life and need a leg up.  Why is it absurd to take the time for another and listen to their problems.  Why is it absurd to be considerate and get food for someone even though they didn't ask.  When did kindness go out of fashion? When did being nice only happen in the moment and not behind the scenes as well?  Why is being intentional creepy now? How did that happen?  When did leveling judgement become the only topic of conversation? When did appreciation fall out of the world and depreciation take it's place? Why is affirmation for the weak? Why has the value for wisdom disappeared?

I'm tired of trying to explain to people virtue, that the world isn't perfect, that there still is a battle between good and evil and not just between better and best like everything's good.  That doing the right thing isn't the right thing for you.  Virtue is the integrity of identity.  And that comes at a cost. A cost of self.

Wisdom is not born it's made. Wisdom is made or moreover gained through virtuous actions, by remaining patient beyond what's reasonable, by trying to be kind in the face of adversity, by being fair even though the odds are stacked against you.  Wisdom is the realization of what's important universally, not of self, but of the greater universal good.

I want wisdom, I want what's best for humanity, for my friends, my family.  I want to live as virtuously as possible.  I want people to respect that. To accept that.