Good Morning,
Our values are what makes us who we are. Those details in life which we hold dear to ourselves, like honoring our family, being honest, being trustworthy, helping others and all of the others, forges our inner being. As we gain new values, and divest others, we, as people change.
I have seen many people who have gone against their values and beliefs to satisfy others. Be it by doing something for their boss, or for their spouse or for a friend or customer. When we walk away from our values, what we hold to be true above all other things, then we are selling out on ourselves. Taking it a step further, we are being disrespectful to ourselves.
Values are what we hold dear and deep in our hearts. They should be what are truly important to us. Changing our values, when it happens, is not something that should be like the flavor of the month. Rather, it happens after valuable lessons have been learned or some life-changing event has molded your way of living. Those lessons we learn or life-changing events cause change in our lives and those changes cause us to re-evaluate our values.
Should we then do this same re-evaluating of our values when we are asked to do something that we do not agree with? If we believe in honesty, should we steal if we are asked to by someone else? Should we do something that will hurt another when we value love and compassion?
These are all things to consider. And here is the point; our values are our values. Tossing them aside whenever it is convenient or when asked indicates that either they are not really our values or we are disrespecting ourselves.
I am not talking about those tough times when two values come into conflict like stealing food versus letting your family starve to death (and I hope no one has to make that decision).
It can be little things like littering, when we know better. Like when we are ready to throw out some of our garbage and the nearest garbage can is overflowing with garbage onto the ground around the can. Do we join the mess and toss our garbage onto the pile, knowing it will fall to the ground or do we hold onto our garbage until we find the next, less full can.
As we hold onto our values and make tough decisions, we strengthen our character. When we sell out on our values, even on small things, we whittle away at our character.
Over time, these actions mold us. What do you want your mold to look like?
Respect yourself and keep true to your values and you will be better off for it in the long run.
Enjoy!
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