Values

Who are you?
What matters to you?
How will you make a positive difference in this world?
Where will you make your stand?
What is your legacy to the future?

These are crucial questions to ask yourself as you leave one job for another, graduate from school, decide upon your career path and evaluate your daily work life. Each of these questions ties into your core values. A core value is something that you hold dear which drives your behavior and motivates your actions. It is something that you know must be present in your actions each and every day.

Now, that is not to say that we know what these values are just naturally and that we have a clear understanding of their importance to own happiness. We grow, we learn, we dig deep and we find out one day just what our final “straw” is, the “thing” that we will not back away from, the value(s) that make us everything we are in this world and that are the core of the goodness and kindness we pass along to those in our lives and beyond.

The "aha moment" is often crucial to helping us define what is core to our way of being. This is the ethical decision we find we must make one day, the time to stand up against a bully or the moment we have to choose a path to take. Following your truth is not always the easy route to take. There will be tests, there will be moments you will falter. In the final analysis, you will find passion for your journey when your values and life align.

A core value is integral to who you are but it reaches its highest level of expression when it is beyond you. It is the sense of right livelihood that means more than a corner office or a fancy car. A core value brings a smile that comes from inner contentment. It is the sense that you have done the right thing at the right time for all the right reasons. A career path that allows for the full expression of who you really are, allows for your values to be front and center; this will be a career journey that will bring you joy.

Walk in light!