Fourth Virtue Of Benjamin Franklin's 'Resolution'

Following in Franklin’s Footsteps In the early 1700s, a boy by the name Benjamin Franklin was born. He was a very strong headed little boy. He was forced at an early age to leave school and work for his father, but that did not last too long. When he was twelve years old, he started working with his brother in printing trade. He quickly loved it, but soon after his brother was imprisoned for insulting a Massachusetts official. During this time Franklin was living a very dangerous lifestyle and he had one illegitimate child. However, Benjamin always had the dreams of owning his own printing trade, and for him to do so, he knew he needed to clean up his act. to insure he accomplished this, he created his thirteen virtues (Benjamin Franklin:
It means “Resolve to perform what you ought. Perform without fail what you resolve” (Franklin 301). Between this one and Order I don’t know which one gave me the most trouble, but I can truly say Resolution gave it a run for it is money. Resolution was my hardest virtue ever. When I say I was going to do something, it turned out to be the next day. On Thursday and Friday, I broke this virtue badly. I told myself I was going to clean up, cook, and start going to bed early. None of these things ever happened, I managed to stay up until twelve o’clock in the morning and the cooking part never even happened. For the fifth virtue, I knew this was going to be a challenged for me this weekend. Frugality, meaning “Make no Expense but to do good for others or yourself: i.e., Waste nothing” (Franklin301). On Thursday, I bought more baby toys and food, we did not need it. Friday, I bought about nine or ten baby outfits and some other stuff for me. On the baby outfits, my fiancé was not to please with me about. When Saturday came, I calmed down just a little bit, but it still did not help. When we went into Wal-Mart I saw more baby toys I could put up on lay way for our son’s
Virtue seven is Sincerity; it means “Use no hurtful Deceit. Think innocently and justly; and, if you speak; speak accordingly” (Franklin301). I am not really a big fan of lying, but I had a good reason to do it just this one time. Thursday and Friday, I was a good little cucumber, but on Saturday I had too. I went to Dothan Mall and I saw the cutest little baby onesies ever, I just had to get. After I bought it, I started heading home and when I made it there, he was standing on the front porch waiting on me. When I got out of the car he asked me “what did I buy”? I told him just some stuff for me, then he asked, “Did I buy anymore baby clothes” and I answered no I did not. I felt horrible, but I am not going to tell him I lied. Virtue eight is Justice meaning, “Wrong none, by doing injuries or omitting the Benefits that are your Duty” (Franklin301). I talk to my mom more than anybody in our family and I rub one puppy, but not the others. Virtue nine is Moderate, it means “Avoid Extremes. Forbear resenting Injuries so much as you think they deserve” (Franklin301). I buy baby y toys and stay on the go, but not to the extreme where I get wore out. Final virtue on this section is Cleanliness, and it means “Tolerate no Uncleanness in Body, Clothes or Habitation” (Franklin301). The only problem that falls in this category is my