Earyl John Val R.

Manansala
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Virtue Ethics Activity
The action that impacted negatively mostly in myself and my family is that time
when I talked back to my mom to the point that I made her cry. We were fighting over a
small thing, like I wanted to go this place, but she won’t allow me. then things heat up, and
then talk backs after talk backs happened. Then at one point, I just realized that I am
crossing the line as a son. I am so ashamed of what I have done since it will probably give
my mom a bit of trauma, and I still remember the one line, “I am scared to look at you in the
eyes, son.” And that line shot through my heart. I got so frustrated at myself. Angry,
frustrated, all the negative emotions. I locked up in my room for the entire afternoon since
that incident. After a while, I came out to get food when she called me again. Now, we were
able to sort things out, I told her why I wanted to go that place, and she explained her side
that we don’t have yet money to go anywhere we want. And that again made me frustrated
at myself because I was being selfish for wanting money to go to certain place. After talking
calmly, I said that I was sorry for raising my voice at her then my voice cracked as I am
saying sorry to her then I cried. She just watched me and said, “Promise me to not do that
again, because it hurts me as your mother to see my son talking back and raising his voice
at me.” And we hugged it out and I gave her a small kiss in the cheek.
Another action that impacted me so much was the time when me and my partner
were fighting or having an argument. Though it is only through chat, but the words given
brings so much pain as we fought. We fought about not giving enough assurance and not
giving enough attention to each other because, even though we are not that busy, we can’t
talk to each other with the same energy one has. And it hurts on his side because he said
that I was the one lacking, like I was not giving enough attention and love to my partner,
and because of that, he has sometimes grown tired not receiving the same treatment. After
hours of not talking, we cracked and talked it through again, but this time, more calm and
more composed unlike the first argument. There, we talked things through, made things
clear, and promised to be better. I promised to give him more love and more attention
because it is what my partner is craving, and I must tend to those cravings. Now, we are
alright now, but since my partner is getting busier since my partner now has a work, and
we are currently in an LDR, we are giving less time to each other. Since he is working, and I
am attending to my classes, we weren’t able to talk as much as we used to when we were
just in talking stage. But we promised that, even though we are both busy with the things
that we are doing, we must still update each other no matter what, because the updates
matter the most.