VALUES
Values never really made much sense to me. It seemed something that corporates thought they needed yet they seemed very bland and meaningless. Then I came upon this quote attributed to Ghandi:
"“Keep your thoughts positive because your thought become YOUR WORDS.
Keep your words positive because your words become YOUR BEHAVIOR
Keep your behavior positive because your behavior becomes YOUR HABITS
Keep your habits positive because your habits become YOUR VALUES
Keep your values positive because your values become YOUR DESTINY”
So these represent the behaviours which I most often exhibit and I feel stressed when I stray from them. I don't always get it right, but I know all about it when I get it wrong.
RESPECT
Respect means giving due thought and regard to people for their time or the commitments I've made to them, for example. Respect in all things.
FAIRNESS
Not always popular, but fairness covers the way I treat people and the way I like to be treated. I believe in people getting what they deserve, good and bad.
FRIENDS
I do, will and have go out of my way to protect and maintain friendships despite petty disagreements and humiliations. My social media activity is part of this value, trying to keep in touch with as many of my friends as I can.
FAMILY
My family gives me my purpose and my inspiration. I don't want to imagine any other life.
FUN
Life's too short for anything else. My idea of fun or funny doesn't always rhyme with other people's, but as long as I get it right 51% of the time, I'm happy.