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ASSIGNMENT: Assess yourself, how are your values?

When somebody says, “I want to be good,” that definition of what is

“good” is a reflection of what they value. Some will see “being good” as
attaining money. Others will see it as building a family. Others will see it as
having a lot of exciting experiences. Whatever it is, it is determined by our
personal values.
My own personal principle in life is that “destiny is not a matter of
chance; it is a matter of choice”. This guiding principle leads me to the
realization that values are prerequisite in attaining whatever goals you have
in life.
Our values in life helps us to be motivated, gives us direction and of
course very much essential to our mental health. And why it is important to
us, It maybe is just a simple question but with broad and profound
consequences on how we live our life by it. It is a question that will help us
realize the no-nos of what we are doing in our everyday endeavor. Our
values maybe are acceptable by many or may not, of course this mean that
your values should be accepted according to the norms of the society.
For me, I may say that my values in life has made me into a stronger
person besides being a solo parent for 12 years and rearing and sending to
school all my six children alone. For this reason, making decisions on my
own is very important. I am very much thankful that I was taught by my
parents to be independent at a very young age that I was able to face these
challenges.
In the end, my values are the things that I BELIEVE are important in
the way that I live, the way I work, the way I think and the way I act. We
don’t even know that these exists, because there are actions that we do
that only others can see but in any sense, if all that we do leads to the
goodness and betterment of yourself and others then there is no reason
that our values be continued and we could say that they are very much
important so that we could come up to good decisions and be very much
confident that we have made the right choices. And that choice must come
within you.