Life ethics are
the basic values or norms of society. A person living
by these is accorded a level of respect and recognition
which wealth cannot buy. Life ethics are vital elements
in the life style of an individual which portrays or
constitute over 50% of his/her personality. As norms
they are hardly written but mostly learnt from other
neighbors, parents and all in the society and even from
other creatures of God example plants. Because leaving
is a process these virtues take ample time to develop
and be seen in the life of a person who is desirous
of portraying them.
The absence of or non-manifestation of these give rise
to the very negatives of these to manifest. Thus there
is nothing like a level playing ground or a neutral
position but either of the two.
Some of these life ethics we will be considering include
courtesy, gratitude, sharing, generosity, giving just
to mention but a few.
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Courtesy
Courtesy is a honorable requirement in the behaviour
or demeanor, birthing from respect, kindness, love and
having others in mind.
Courtesy encompasses good manners, shinning from a humble
and cheerful heart eager to please and fascinate but
never to flatter.
It is the virtue that gives breath of life to politeness.
The sincerity and purity demonstrated by a courteous
person is priceless and unparallel.
In its absoluteness, courtesy is the fulfilment of a
divine precept” Do unto others as you will have
them do onto you’’ Luke 6.31
It’s the panacea to averting petty quarrels and
wars and thee beauty of cutesy in a faithful and loyal
heart melts and effects the changes to the most sinister
plans
Paving the way for unworthy personalities to rise through
the ranks of achievements and favour before even kings
and rulers.
The scope of courtesy is unlimited. For as the divine
command to love our neighbours is all embracing, so
does courtesy admits or makes room for acceptors.
A courteous smile may speak and convict the most hardened
and troubled of hearts than a chain of sermons
The lips of the courteous never lacks” please”
“thank you” ?excuse me please” “pardon”
and this is what adds a touch of ecstasy to his/ her
personality.
All grace to abound in courtesy is in Christ Jesus and
it is only by accepting him that is Lord Saviour that
this earthly ethic will yield eternal recompense
Gratitude
Is the state or felling of being grateful; that kind
of feelings towards someone who has been kind? The debt
of gratitude cannot be fully paid as long as the grace
of God continues to sustain us. This old world is crying
out for gratitude. Everyone likes to be thanked including
you. It is a healing to some souls and a spur onto height
which otherwise may have been unaffordable. Are you
grateful to friends, parents and neighbours for a kind
gesture? Then don’t only thank them on leaving,
but go the extra miles of sending then a note of thanks;
and much more a gift, notwithstanding how small it is,
for the value of a gift is in the sincerity with which
it’s given and not in its magnitude. Were you
grateful to the surgeon who skill saves your years of
agony embarrassment and your very dear life? Did you
ever voice your thanks?
Or give back a smile of appreciation?
Never say he was only doing his duty or presume that
everyone (patient) will be gushing with gratitude in
deed and kind and thus he must have gotten stacks of
grateful letters. Remember these (Doctors) are human
beings And their heart glow when they are appreciated
notwithstanding their shortcomings. They will do their
work the better in the future if you will just go the
extra mile of gratitude
Ask yourself if you can gladden a few hearts around
you by demonstrating the love of gratitude.
A good criterion for measuring your success in life
is the number of people you have made happy, the number
of people you have spurred onto greater achievement
in life
Gratitude is a certain way of increasing that number.
By
Solomon Adi Buenor
Former Secretary
KNUST
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