By BOSEDE OLUSOLA-OBASA
There are two broad reasons why you would continue life as an adult without having clear personal values that pilot your life. It is either you are entirely confused as to what you want to make out of your life or you don’t even care what direction your life treads. Those are two unsafe states to be!
Values can be sourced from various life touch points as one grows up – family, school, work, national, etc. However, none of these is as important as taking ownership of them personally.
Here’s the truth—without personal values, you’re like the figure Zero standing all by itself. Though it exists, it doesn’t count for any value. Sound and intentional personal values reposition you, just like when other numbers stand with the figure Zero to make it count. Without them (values), you remain empty, vague, and undefined.
But once you embrace strong values and choose to align with them, your life begins to multiply in worth, just like Zero beside ‘1’ suddenly becomes ‘10,’ and so on.
Zero has no value of its own; but the more of it that you have standing beside other numbers, the more exponential values are created: from tens (10) to hundreds (100) to thousands (1000) to hundreds of thousands (100,000) to millions (1,000,000), etc!
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Some years ago, I was inspired to pen down the following lines that speak to the importance of values.
VALUES
“Values, they deliver you from life’s Valleys!
Values boost the Volume of your genuineness!
Values serve as your quality Valve!
Values put on you the stamp of Validity!
Values help you exit the circle of Vagueness!
Values assure you of Victory at last!
Values separate you from the class of the Vanquished!
Values act as your automatic vetting mechanism!
Values drive Visitors of means in your direction!
Values are your Vehicles to the world of significance!
Values may be Vehement and insistent but, never rough!
Values ostracize you from the camp of Violent men!
Values, personal values, grant your authentic residence in Virtues island!
Values, you are a Vagabond without them!”
Remember! “If you don’t stand for something, you will fall for anything,” said Lao Tzu.
I do not mean to be harsh here. But, your life cannot fully realise it’s potentials without positive, strong personal values. Here’s how to start:
What To Do?
- Settle down and decide the personal values (quality stamp) that will mark you out.
- Carefully pick them, having first thought through their end and consequences.
- Also think deeply about how they will affect the world and the destinies of your upcoming generations.
- Don’t bother to start with so much, take it one per time and stand for it until you can handle other ones.
- Don’t look too far away to pick a personal value, your likes and dislikes could be pointers or indicators.
- You could also pattern after a role model’s personal values.
- If you are a Jesus follower like me his words and lifestyle very well present you numerous valid values options.
- Surround yourself with people that are sworn to healthy personal values, they serve as your accountability partners.
- Be very intentional in making your choices! Wait! It’s not a sprint, but a lifelong race; therefore, ensure to start and stay consistent.
- Celebrate yourself every time you do it right!
Remember! “If you don’t stand for something, you will fall for anything,” said Lao Tzu.
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