Personal Values Of Life

After reading the course resources, answer questions 1-10. (10 points each)
Please take time to answer each question completely.

De bono (1933) quoted ?Effectiveness without values is a tool without a purpose?. Came to my mind when I first read Professionalism in Physical Therapy: Core Values published by American Physical Therapy Association. I believe that core values play a major role in determining one?s standing in the society, either as an Individual or an Organization. APTA (2003) stated that in 2002 eighteen physical therapists based on their expertise in physical therapy practice, education and research were invited by APTA?s Education Division to participate in a consensus based conference to develop consensus based document on professionalism that include Core values of the profession and its indicators that are fully consistent with core values and professional education matrix that includes educational outcomes, examples of terminal behavioral objectives, and examples of instructional objectives for classroom and clinical practice.

I have learned through my life is that the most important or the meaning of life is the people in your life. There is no point of having a nice car or a house if there is not anyone to share it with. Play has taught me this lesson time and time again. The values that I have tried to keep and are a part of me are leadership, friends and family, grit, and God. Friends and family are the most important value in my opinion because no matter what happens to you in your life regardless of it being good or bad, your friends and family will always be there for you. Grit is defined as courage and unwavering determination. Grit helps determines what kind of life you want to lead. There is always pain and setbacks in life but this should never stop you. Leadership is important it is up to a person to help lead and help people determine what is right and wrong regardless of the consequences. God is very important in my life because I believe in a higher power and believe that he wants us to help other people achieve their highest potential. Working for me has taught me leadership, teamwork, and how to be a good person. Leadership that I have learned has shown me to always place the needs of your co workers and the customers ahead of yourself. This means your needs always come last and you need to complete the task or project on time and done

Consider your schedule, are you putting forth effort time and energy in your top three values. Is it sufficient to allow you to achieve the level of success you want in each area? Please provide concrete examples describing what you do to succeed in these areas.

There are things more paramount than money in life. There are some who live their lives with nowhere to call home. Dreaming of having a place to sleep and victual with. There are some who live their lives, kenning that the next day they won’t be able to arouse. Hoping they get to stay alive another day to enjoy the warmth of the sunshine on their face, to smell the made breakfast, and to be salubrious again. And there are those who live their lives with no family, dying to ken how it would feel to be part of a family. Some people never experienced having a family. Some people, including kids, could never stay salubrious. There are those who never experience, having a home. I believe that there are three very important values in life that we should be thankful for and they are: home, health, and most importantly a family.

From the beginning of time, ancient philosophers and educators have taught different life developmental skills to aid people as they grow. Those educators often taught students how to develop ethical and moral character. With teaching those characteristics as a foundation they were able to teach students to branch out and understand a deeper meaning of authenticity, virtue and value. All three of these concepts are required to live a meaningful and balanced life in both the physical, mental and spiritual realms. I will be discussing how authenticity, virtue and values have affected my life, along with how they affect my future. Secondly, I will be discussing how these principles have helped guide me through my life. Values, authenticity, and virtues have an effect on a person from the time they were born and as they continue to age.

Core values are taught from the time a baby can spit out noises, to when someone cannot walk without assistance. My mother and father, taught me the basic values in life. For example, they taught me to not sticking my fingers in an outlet, or pinch my sister. My parents have tried to teach me values and I listened to some, and the ones I did not listen to, I learned from them. The moral of the story is, my parents were always right about everything, and I will not admit that to them. Among the many values I have, teamwork is one of my favorites. This value falls into almost every aspect of life. Teamwork is a value I carry, through Hi Stepping, FFA, and in my family.

Happiness is a popular topic of discussion in which most people aim to achieve by attaining a desirable item, vacation, spouse, etc. The element that is missing from this common thought process is that happiness is not achieved through the attainment mentioned above, but through the development of certain characteristics such as finding meaning in life, having a positive attitude, establishing strong social relationships, and creating goals that are related to one’s values. Happiness is a subjective phenomenon “for which the final judge is whoever lives inside a person’s skin” meaning that it is up to the individual to work towards achieving their own happiness and it is in their hands. The most important ingredient in leading a life of happiness is establishing strong social relationships with people. An action that can aid in that development is reminding people how much you love and appreciate them, which can be done by sending e-cards.

Do the experiences in life affect values? This is a very important question that all should take into consideration and think about. There are many examples of people that showed that values are affected by life experiences. Two good examples are that of Tom Sawyer and Connie dealing with her grandmother. Without past experiences, we don't know how to live our lives.

When life seems to be taking a turn for the worst it is easy to see how many people and things that mean the most to us. It can get rough, but it is what we make out of the situation that helps us move forward and keep us in line for the next few hard times we have. When I look back at how I managed my stress this last semester I see that this relaxation class helped me through some hard times.

My life has always been about constant change. I suppose this is the reason that it is rare for something to take me by surprise. I was born in 1965 during an era that was filled with extreme radical changes. By the time I was 7 years old my mother was working on her third marriage and once again I had a new daddy. I am not in a place to criticize considering I practically followed in her footsteps having two children and three marriages of my own. With the grace of God I have now been married to my third husband for nearly twenty years and a man that not only do I love with all of my heart but a man that I could not imagine not being a part of my life. My two sons have turned out to be successful young men and although it has been difficult my younger son has made and stood true to his two children age 11 and 18 months and his wife of almost 13 years. I would like to think that I did something right while raising them.

Many people have different opinions on what you should be doing in life or what are the most important values or characteristics. I think that you can control all of your emotions and can influence how good or bad your life is. My opinions are not the only right answer but they are what I think matters.

Everyone thinks they know who they are! They think life is simple, but they are wrong! I too, have fallen into this common misconception. As I began high school, my values/ standards were completely different than what they are now, back then they were what everyone else wanted. As I progressed through my high school career, I figured out that I cannot satisfy everyone, and that I should pursue what is of utmost importance to me! Oscar Wilde once said “Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.”

For thousands of years, we have created many complex, simple, and unique ways of teaching ourselves right from wrong or setting a precedent for subsequent generations to follow. When you think of virtues, philosophers like Confucius or Aristotle might come to mind. However, virtues don’t require to be simple like honesty and patience, but they can be standards like acceptance, empathy, or even using decent manners. However, times and culture evolve, so consequently so do the virtues we practice. Nowadays it may be rare to see people say please, but not uncommon to interrupt another individual. It is irrefutable that we are at a crossroads between virtues, and pop-culture, which makes it equally important to practice virtues to keep them alive in our modern world. By definition, a virtue is the moral excellency of a person, such as patience or honesty, but it can also be up to your own discretion. But the three most important virtues to me are, honesty, patience, and discipline.

Many people may have different views on the value of life. My ideas fit into the movie strongly because i believe that one man can change many lives. A human’s life should not have a value, but a bad experience may force us to put a dollar value to someone. A small life experience may change someone's life to a complete 180 and start headed back to the beginning. No income or status should put a value to a person in no circumstance. Someone with low income or low status may be in most cases more hard working and more time put into the people around. No human should have a dollar value placed upon them to determine how valuable their life or life period is worth.