Who is my moral compass?

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Who is my moral compass?

I like to think my moral compass is like a real compass with the slightly difference that it does not point at coordinates or latitudes. Instead, my moral compass points at my moral values as a person. My north is points my integrity. My south points forgiveness. My East points compassion, and last but not least, my west points to responsibility.

Integrity is the consistency of actions. As a woman, integrity is very important because it defines what type of lady you are.  Consuming drugs, drinking alcohol, getting a tattoo, having sex before marriage, are examples of actions that go against my integrity. I would say a person’s integrity depends most of the time on the education they have received at home since an early age. As my north, I tried to keep my integrity up high by not doing actions that go against it.

  Forgiveness is not easy. To forgive someone that has offended you usually takes time and gust to do it. As a catholic, I have learned through the years to forgive and to ask for forgiveness too. Still, I feel I have so much to learn from it. The most important is to accept, when we have made a mistake, and be willing to correct it. The best way to start is by saying “I’m sorry”. As my south, forgiveness usually goes down into my emotions.

 According to actor Mathew Fox, compassion is not sentiment but is making justice and doing works of mercy. Compassion is not a moral commandment but a flow and overflow of the fullest human and divine energies.” Because we live submerged in our crazy busy lives, we forget that each one of us is here for a reason make a better world. How? We can start by treating others the same way we would like to be treated.

Responsibility is and will always be important. The sooner you learn how to be responsibly the better it is for you.  Being responsible is like a discipline you need to practice it every day.  Since I was little, my mom thought me how to be responsible with my school assignments. As I was growing up, I started learning other types of responsibilities. I feel with the age of time, they just keep increasing. 


  Following a north of integrity, a south of forgiveness, a east of compassion, and a west of responsibilities can be hard sometimes. But if you stay in the center, and try to follow each path through your everyday life you will see your moral compass points in an accurate position.