The Qualities That Have Influenced My Life - 1878 Words

This I Believe... Paper Light I believe in being pragmatic and empathetic. Pragmatic, by definition, is to deal with things in sensible and realistic ways based on practical rather than theoretical considerations. Empathy is the ability to understand and share the feelings of another. Originally in this paper, we were suppose to pick one trait that most defines us and how we live our life, in a way our guidance. But I can guarantee you that there is not one person who is only guided by one trait, it has to be multiple, or a lot of people we know today would act a lot different. The traits that have influenced my life the most so far are empathy and pragmatism. As a kid, I subconsciously made choices based off of these†¦show more content†¦Or in other situations, I d use pragmatism and ignore my feelings and other s completely. Become a robot, a computer, that only absorbs information to find the fastest way somewhere, or handling problems like I was a soulless machine, but in a way that doesn t affect anyone else negatively or positively except for fixing the situation completely. Like helping defuse a fight between my siblings before it got serious, kind of like a group therapy session that allows physical fighting to be in the mix, but without actually involving myself. I think these are important traits for everybody, even if they don t have them now, but have the possibility to learn them and understand them later. I believe and trust in these traits with my very soul and have faith that with every decision based off of their buffering, they will have some kind of positive outcome. I have so much faith in this because I have some experience with these traits helping me in various situations. The one situation that sticks out to me the most, and the one that both traits collaborated to help me in the best way possible, is the time my friend fell off a chandelier. My friend was a gymnast, making her want to hang everywhere. Literally, hanging from t rees, climbing the highest rocks, it was like she believed she could escape the earth if she climbed high enough. Nothing scared her, and nothing stopped her from