Last month we discussed negative
habits that inhibit conversation
skills, and the promise to discuss
positive ways to combat these
negative habits.
Peter W. Murphy recommends four
elements to practice daily in his
book, Always Know What to Say Easy Ways to Approach and Talk to
Anyone.
Temperance
Charity
Diligence
Patience
Humility
Kindness.
Seems a big order to follow and
keep in your role play
character. Do you want your role
play to be this and only
this? Always good, always doing
These included:
the right thing? It can also get a bit
1.Kindness
boring. Is there room for playing
2.Gratitude
the devil’s advocate now and
3.Learn to Love Yourself
then? How you justify that with
4.Forgiveness
your role play takes skill and
These elements can be explored in practice.
your role play, or you could do
something totally opposite to your The opposite of kindness are the
real life character. That is the ex- Seven Deadly Sins:
citement and freedom of being
Lust
involved in role lay! Understanding
Gluttony
these positive elements will better
Greed
prepare your “good” character or
Sloth
your “evil” one. Let’s look at each
Wrath
element and the counter point can
Envy
be used to develop your role play.
Pride
Kindness will be the starting
point. Kindness is a virtue, in fact is
considered a “Knightly Virtue”, and
listed among the Seven Heavenly
Virtues:
Chastity
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Looking over both lists, I can
personally see where my choices
for the long run would be with the
virtues of kindness. Yet, I have
found the other characteristics of
the sins have been adopted to