Character Strength ( Kiah Uri)

Gratitude:

• What circumstances make it most likely you will experience gratitude? What circumstances make it most likely you will express gratitude?

I mostly express my gratitude when someone is giving me something or they do something that makes me feel so grateful or happy because I feel so thankful and special when they show some kindness with me and I do the same thing with them.

• Are there people to whom you have not adequately expressed gratitude, as an oversight or intentionally holding it back (e.g., family, friends, co-workers, mentors, community members)? If so, why?

I do not show mostly my gratitude with people I just meet, because I don't know them well and I can't trust them. I don't feel like expressing myself with someone that will don't like me when they know about myself and they will judge me about some things so I really don't feel showing my gratitude with people I just meet.

• To what degree do you express gratitude to others out of a deep feeling of appreciation as opposed to a social convention?

I express my gratitude to others by being kind with them and appreciate their efforts for me because if someone shows their kindness with me it makes me feel loved and special. I always give a gift or something that makes them so thankful and great so they will always feel the gratitude or kindness that I have. 

Love:

• Who are the people who matter most to you across each of the domains of your life (friends, family, partners, co-workers)? How do you express love in a healthy way with each group? How does your love express itself differently?

I express my love to my family by being kind to each other, trusting each other and respecting each other. For my parents, I always show my love with them by honouring them, caring, respecting them, sweet words that make them feel loved, gifts, and making them proud of me by studying hard. For my siblings I just make them laugh, being kind and also respecting them. For my friends, I trust them, respect, make them laugh, communicating with them always, and care for them. Ging and taking love is important because you also need to receive love from others, not just you giving them. 

• What are the ways in which you express love to others, and how is it received?

I mostly express my love to others with words and action because I feel like it more matters when you do something for them rather than giving them what they want. 

• How well do you receive love? It is often easier to give than to receive, but good relationships are a two-way street. Do signs of love make you uncomfortable or afraid of what others may expect from you?

For me I know that received love when someone shows that they respect me, they care for me, love me, being kind, they trust me and they do things that make me feel so special and happy. 

Kindness:

• What is some way you have observed the expression of kindness and compassion by different people in different situations?

I think that by helping others and being nice to them. 

• How are your kind acts received by others?

Helping them when they are in needs and by being nice to them at all times. Being kind for is the nicest thing to show with other people.

• What character strengths the best support your expressions of kindness?

I think respect because when you show your kindness with others it means that you're also respecting them and makes them feel like they are worth it to respect.