This May, six months after finishing this project, I pulled out my book once again, and revisited many of the exercises. I looked again at my core values, my personal statement, my vision. While I don't think I've strayed from my values (although I have definitely made mistakes), I think don't always make decisions or begin the day with these values in mind. As I think about where I want to go in life, the impression I want to make on those around me, I recognize again the importance of not only KNOWING my core values, but also keeping them in the forefront of my mind.
My Core Values
1. Faith—believing
wholeheartedly, against all odds, in God, His sovereignty, His love, and His
plan for me.
2. Love—looking
for the best in people, finding the beauty in people, essentially 1 Corinthians
13:4-8 : “Love is patient, love is kind.
It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking,
it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but
rejoices with the truth. It always
protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.”
3. Passion—you
can’t live life half-way. One of
my favorite quotes is “Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come
alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come
alive.” (Howard Thurman). Life is
a gift and should be lived to the fullest.
4. Joy—this
is a value my mother instilled in me very early on. It’s essentially the same paradigm/belief that you can’t
always change your surroundings or your circumstances, but you can change how
you look at them. Instead of
problems, I see opportunities to grow and learn.
5. Integrity—firm
adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values; to be true to
oneself, to be real and not multisided
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