Self-control is defined as regulating what one feels and does especially in the area of sinful urges. You can become able to control sinful urges and problems, such as anger, anxiety and depression, and an all-consuming desire for alcohol, drugs, and sex. Having self-control means that you first recognize the tremendous power Satan has in promoting a ME-FIRST orientation while at the same time recognizing the role God’s Spirit has in helping you replace the sinful urges and substitute more positive ones.

You show the trait of integrity by being authentic and truthful about yourself as both a saint and a sinner. You are able to recognize your own shortcomings as well as your beneficial characteristics. That is, you are honest in conversing with others by revealing both sides of yourself. You need to be like St. Paul who knew himself and spoke openly about his own negative as well as positive characteristics. Being truthful about your positive traits and accomplishments need not be boasting, as long as you show the opposite side of yourself, too.

Self-control is defined as regulating what one feels and does, especially with sinful urges. You can become able to control sinful urges and problems, such as anger, anxiety, depression, and an all-consuming desire for alcohol, drugs, and sex. Having self-control means that you first recognize the tremendous power Satan has in promoting a ME-FIRST orientation while at the same time recognizing the role God’s Spirit has in helping you replace the sinful urges and substitute more positive ones.

Creativity is shown by producing novel ideas or behaviors that contribute positively to the life of oneself and others. In earlier times creativity was limited to only a small group of people. Now, with the little C, creativity appears in new methods of printed and oral expression such as a different and appealing metaphor or simile, or in seeing the brain as a computer or a memory bank. It can also be seen in musical compositions, in “building a better mousetrap,” This use of the brain that God originally created has revealed a tremendous and wonderful picture for us.

Showing love and kindness is an outgrowth of respect, You have the opportunity to display this trait in every contact you make with another person by fulfilling the urgent request of God to love your neighbor as yourself. You may frequently see some others as just “getting in the way” of living your life as you want to.