Another Victor Hugo said that each person has three characters at once: the way other people imagine him, the one that he attributes to himself, and the one that he really has. Evaluation of moral and ethical qualities is subjective and ambiguous. Often positive in themselves, in a particular situation they acquire a not quite good shade.
What can be considered positive in terms of morality
Undoubtedly, positive qualities of people: honesty, reliability, decency. An honest person does not take someone else's, does not pretend to the good of his neighbor, does not go against conscience. Decency will not allow him to commit such deeds, for which he will later be ashamed: to slander someone, to walk on his head, to achieve the necessary goals, for his own convenience and benefit to transcend principles and beliefs. And reliability will lead to the end of fulfilling its duty as hard as it was, not to abandon those in need of help, not to seek easy ways. As we see, positive qualities of people impose a whole series of obligations, norms, requirements. Therefore, people who are oriented toward high moral principles, always live more difficult than those who do not burden themselves with such a burden.
Look at the world in amazement.
Cheerfulness, positive thinking, cheerfulness, openness, tolerance are the qualities of the individual, highly valued in the modern world. The positive-minded person is cheerful, is tuned to active creative activity. He knows how to learn from mistakes and mistakes, but does not get hung up on them. He takes into account the experience of the past, but is directed to the future, and these are very important positive qualities. People who are able to carry with them, support, inspire confidence in victory, in the best way of development of events, are always happy to see next to you. With them, joyfully and easily, they, like the sun's rays, illuminate the gray routine and color them with a fountain of positive emotions. After all, it is correctly noted that optimists are sick less often, live longer, look good, feel happier than perpetual whiners and grumblers. Moreover, the above positive qualities of people help them to maintain a childlike pure perception of the world, the ability to see and feel its beauty and harmony, to admire them. Such were the enlightened personalities like the legendary Buddha or our contemporary Osho. And does not mean that a life-loving person should always appear everywhere with a smile on his face. No, he perfectly understands all the imperfection of our reality, its vices and troubles. But, being a realist, this "homo sapiens" successfully combines constructive criticism with real deeds that change this world for the better. As well as tolerance, tolerance is not indifference to negative manifestations of the characteristics and traits of other people, but the ability to respect other ways, culture, ethical standards. Positive qualities, the list of which is given, allowed Miklouho-Maclay to study the life and customs of the New Guineans at the time, to enjoy them with great respect, but not to sink to cannibalism.
Educate yourself
Self-knowledge of any mature personality begins with self-esteem, with the study of one's character, the eradication of certain traits and the active upbringing of others. How to do it? We read books, watch movies, watch people who are around, analyze, draw conclusions, compare. Therefore, you can make a list of what positive qualities you would like to develop in yourself, and from what negative ones to get rid of. And then purposefully methodically work to make your soul work, work, work.
Freedom of the spirit, mercy, adherence to principles, sanity - these and many other qualities help us at any time and any epoch not to lose ourselves, to remain people. They lead to unceasing spiritual development and perfection.