grateful, to stay humble and to be brave. "in the road to character" david brooks draws as distinction between resume virtues and eulogy virtues. resume virtues are your achievement and your skills. eulogy virtues are those discussed at your funeral. the ones that exist at tcore of your being whether you're kind, grateful, honest and this person has a solid sense of right and wrong not only to do good but to be good. he wants to love intimately to sacrifice self and the service of others and to live an obedient to some transcendent trust. that was my father. the example of colin pole does not call on us to emulate his resume which is too formidable for mere mortals.