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Personal Narrative : My Highest Virtue

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I. Introduction

I have never believed in the rod or the belt, nevertheless, I learned to respect them both. I never believed that the universe and its cosmic upheaval were formed by chance, but I eventually came to respect that belief and its proponents. I have never believed that all things were meant to be conducted or said in any one specific way, and in spite of myself, I begrudgingly respect this and whoever sees things this way. My respect for these things is not born of fear, admiration or any reason one would typically find in cogitation or meditation, but of experience. (101)

II. My Highest Virtue

My reverence is best defined as an impartial propensity and willingness to understand the subject or subjects in question: it is an unbiased way of understanding things from an open-ended perspective. From what I have seen, I have come to believe that behind all things there is reason, and even where there is no reason, there is still consequence. While this may seem like a shallow assessment at first glance, within this observation is the very essence of my willing reverence for everything. Unprejudiced respect has now become so inextricably woven into my being that I can assert confidently that it is the one virtue I hold myself to consistently. I make an effort to understand things in a manner that is not meant to serve as a validation of my code, but as a validation of their own being and nature. (142)

III. My Experiences

The first thing I realized that I

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