Pensive:Acting it out?

By Sarah Mahmood

Many of us have this weird habit of appearing what we are not (read cool). These pretentious attitudes (which I refer to pretty often) maybe there due to severe personality complexes, which many tend to possess.

Trying to be what one isn't intrinsically somehow does not go well with me. It's almost self-humiliating and threatens to undermine one's own abilities and uniqueness. 

While doing a sociology assignment a couple of days ago, I realized the significance of Virtue Ethics, the genre of ethics that believes in "being rather than doing". Of course, actions count a lot but at a later stage and only when one is from inside a worthy being.

It's extremely important that we realize the importance of our own self, a major contributing factor towards boosting one's self-confidence and self-esteem. Starting from the very basic level of nurturing our inner values, the upward climb towards becoming a virtuous being is an extremely gratifying task.

So, to all the readers out there who are a victim of the above mentioned 'ailment', I hope this helps.