Top five most valuable qualities

[Asclepius]

Night swimming. In my top five favorite things about life. Right under "moon" because it is gentle and quiet. "quiet" and "gentle" are my top one and two most valued qualities of life. Love is my third favorite thing. It isn't #1 because love causes problems. That which is gentle, that which is quiet, the quiet, gentle, perfect moon, and night swimming, ideally including my first four. Tonight I have all five. I wish I could freeze this moment in time, and exist here.

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Seems like peace and freedom; within the light of it, seems like what is a quality to you... but only you know. That is a lovely metaphor. It brought the song to mind, to me, as soon as I read it. Corny maybe, but it is a beautiful thing to want/need/deserve imo, no doubt it is in you anyway and well desreved, Ugly.

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I don't understand in what context this is meant to encompass but anyway as it goes, in no specific order:


Compassion
Fortitude
Clemency
Understanding
Joy

 

[DeathDomokun]

I don't understand the point of having both compassion and clemency?

 

[BlueDelight]

1. Inquisitive.- Asks why and how.
2. Skeptical- demands to see evidence, questions assumptions.
3. Aggressive- not willing to accept that which is wrong simply to avoid the fight.
4 Empathy- Can understand someone else's subjective perception .
5- Objective, can remove oneself from a scenario to analyse it, can view it from other frames of reference.

What your government doesn't want you to have, indeed very valuable traits.

 

[Asclepius]

I don't understand the point of having both compassion and clemency?

I was referring to clemency in terms of mercy/leniency when in a position of power(eg political/social etc)- an active behavior, as distinct from the feeling-state of compassion. The two are related but also hold different attributes.

 

[DeathDomokun]

Ah, well maybe we have different meanings of the word. I get the feeling you're thinking of the difference between clemency and empathy in my own subjective dictionary, as I think part of having compassion is the desire to ease the pain you're compassionate about. Now that you've clarified, I can see why you might want both.

 

[scureto1]

1) Benevolence
2) Logical
3) Passionate (about SOME things at least, doesn't have to be everything - I'm rather cold about many things)
4) Curiousity
5) Self-aware (able to acknowledge both faults and strengths without downplaying or ignoring either)