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Living Values


Ideas and opinions, explanations and arguments swirling around the table.  A lovely lively flow of conversation and pantomime.  Discussing an event at which we all disagreed with the principles, world view, and premises being presented.  So we talked it out and validation emerged.  Validation.  When I feel that my values are shared, they become somehow more meaningful and stronger.   I guess I feel more right!

Of course, the real validation is how I act in my own life.  Do I live those values?   Do I exhibit them and how?   It is an easy act to explain my world view and to find confirmation bias in the world for them.  But how do I show them? 

I believe in community.  I believe we are all in this together.  I believe individuals have different qualities, skills, and challenges to contribute, and I believe we should all be contributing.  I believe in compassion for those who may not have the advantages I do.  I believe in lifting my fellow humans - offering a hand when I can.  I believe there is no shame in taking help when offered and even asking for it. 

So, how do I show that?  How am I helping?  Have I needed help?  Am I asking for it or looking for it?  Am I making a contribution? 

It's a good week when I can truthfully say I am making a contribution and I am lending a hand where I can and asking for help when I need it.

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