Blog # 13: Explain three traits or qualities about myself. Explain how I would relate to someone completly opposite to my own traits.

I would say that three traits that I try to hold are compassion, joy, and entertaining others.

Compassion is a trait that does not always exist in my life, but I try to do my best at helping others and I try to be there for those in times of insecurity and hardship. This would involve being a friend to someone when they feel distraught. I don't want people going through life unable to trust others around them.

I see the opposite of compassionate as well, uncompassionate. There are those who do not have compassion on others experiencing hardship. A lot of the time these types of people are more focused on the tasks around them and hold the attitude that life is tough to everyone and getting over it should be dealt on their own. There is a time when experiencing hardship one will have to push through the situation on their own, but its nice to know that people stand ready to help.

Having joy helps me keep an eager readiness for any task. Now I do not have joy all the time, but I try to in order to help those around me. The reason I have joy is because my relationship with Christ. He showed the ultimate way to have joy in every situation even leading up to his death. I want to try to keep a joyful spirit in everything that comes my way.

Sorrow is the opposite of joy. Holding the belief that there is no purpose in a task or that people are irritating would be the opposite of having joy. Now I know there are times I have felt like this, but the Lord reminds me that I need to need to go through the hard tasks having joy. I want those around me who might not have joy see that through Christ I can live each moment with joy in my heart.

Entertaining others is just a trait I truly enjoy. I want my friends and family to have a great time when their around me. I hope this is not a prideful attitude, but I want people to remember the fun we had in any situation.

Dull or boring is the words that always come to mind when I think about the opposite of entertaining. Now if I'm around someone who holds a dull aspect on a task I try to think of a way that same task can be fun. Any situation can be entertaining if you make it that way.