Values are important as they steer us through life, enable us to remain positive and forward looking, and keep us true to ourselves and safe. Values are our inner compass.
Values are about who we are at our core. When we connect with, experience and express our values we create a better world to live in for ourselves and others. Living values enable us to shine and go beyond the limitations that come to challenge us in life.
Living without values is like driving a car without shock absorbers. Sure you can move forward, maybe even get to your destination, but it’s no longer enjoyable, fulfilling or enriching. Quality Life Alert: If we don’t believe we are valuable, we can’t express any of our values. Take a £50 note. Crumple it, stamp on it, it still keeps its value. We need to begin to value ourselves and others no matter how life may trample us. How? Keep your values alive, accessible and activated by regularly re-defining them.
Here’s 2 to get you started:
Respect starts with …
With love for the self. I may lack self-respect because I see negativity or ugliness within. Self-respect is the ability to see positivity in ourselves, others and in the world around us. It’s not an unconscious self challenge, to see how well I can do! It’s really enjoying the process of dipping in and out of the delight in and around us. It’s savouring and appreciating the nice, the good, the unique and best – yum!
Responsibility is important to me because ….
It’s really an opportunity to understand the consequences of what I do, say and think. It makes me ask: What am I doing? Why do I do what I do?
Bringing responsibility into my relationships creates acceptance and harmony. Relationship responsibility 1) ends blame and 2) ensures I come together with warmth and a sense of belonging.
Does this resonate? Other values to explore: co-operation, freedom, happiness, honesty, humility, love, peace, simplicity, tolerance, unity…
If values are the foundation for everything, the deeper we go into them, the more valuable we’ll feel. Our thoughts are of a higher quality, we use our time in a worthwhile way and we experience natural happiness. What are you going to explore?
