Core Values

Recently I did a six part exercise to learn what my core values are. The five values that resulted from my soul-searching are not a surprise for me. The order that they came out as to their importance to me did surprise me a bit.

1. Faith
2. Wisdom
3. Self-Respect
4. Honesty
5. Empathy

As part of the exercise I had to write a core values statement using the values in the order of their importance and it was then that they made sense to me!

"With faith comes wisdom to have respect for yourself, to be honest with yourself, to be able to have empathy for others." <3

As imperfect human beings we have a tendency to project our values, or lack of values, on to other people. Ask yourself, what is important to me and why? You will come up with the values that matter to you, to your core. If they don't "feel" right, then they are not something you value at the moment, and that is okay. Trust your intuitive self on that.