our values
In the journey of self-discovery, we will come to terms with a very
essential part of our being, this is the realization of our value. Self-identity and what we represent as values
are highly connected, without the realization of our value there can never be a
realization of identity. The discovery
of our individual and collective identity as a nation or a race brings us to
the full realization and harnessing of our values. It is very essential for us
to understand that our values are the highest priorities of our existence and
there are unique sets of governing values to each person’s life. Values include
our beliefs which are the fundamental building block of our personality and
whenever we violate our values we lose our peace.
A value can be seen as some point of view or conviction that we
can live with, live by, and can even die for. This is why it seems that values
actually permeate every aspect of human life. Value distinguishes us; it sets
us apart from the influences of alien ideologies which includes a deceitful
network that is sweeping over our world. If the human race will free itself
from the influences of the aliens and unethical ideologies, then our liberation
is certain. Many times we lie to ourselves by spending our time listening to
the stories of other people while we fail to tell our own stories. We live
under other people's shadows thereby devaluing our standards; until we free
ourselves from borrowed ideologies then we will begin to tell our stories.
Today the very truth of our being is suppressed by failed values,
how often we drown our uniqueness in the influences of alliance cultures. Where
is the truth of our being? The truth of our very race is hidden in the identity
of our race because our stories comprise our history, culture, traditions,
languages, arts/crafts. If this is so then we must begin a new awareness
campaign, especially for the younger generation. This campaign is for value
realization where we begin to teach our children our peculiar culture; our
stories and positive lifestyles that unite us as a race or nation.
For us to preserve our peculiar race we must first of all preserve
our history. We must see our identity as more valuable than our gold, silver,
oil or other, natural resources because the resources of our fatherland are
nothing with when compared with our true identity because in our values lies
the preservation of our race as we are all aware that our world and
peculiar territories are richly endowed with numerous wealth which makes up our
heritage and it is also an established fact the content of our world is
largely blessed with natural resources deposits and cultural heritage. But Amid
the diverse wealth deposits in our territorial soil, the greatest dilemma is
the loss of identity among the very people as a result of misplaced priorities
for our values. Let us take for instance the African people, the foreign values
they most time celebrates made them
believe their identity is substandard to others, so they sold to them their
values which include culture, religion, and their lifestyles but little did
they know that the greatest enslavement is the enslavement of your very self
because the true worth of any is not the amount of money he has acquired or the
amount of material resources bequeathed to him by his predecessors as the new world trend makes us believe this error. But the true worth of any man lies in the
realization of his true identity. I will say it repeatedly that money is a
wrong attempt to measure any man’s value. Today the earnest quest for money and material acquisition has to a large extent overshadowed the inner
yearning for value and self-discovery, and this is so sad. I will say that the
beginning of our self-discovery/ national discovery lies in our quest for
value, for our value, tells us about our true self-worth.
The value anyone represents either hinders or promotes the growth
and productivity of the individual or society. We cannot deny the fact that
inherent in our collective values are some good and right values that enhance
growth, productivity, and co-existence in all strata but among these right
values are also wrong and unprogressive values which I think should be reform
if we really desire to make tangible progress and transformation as a race. It
is always said that change is constant as everything is subject to change so
also what we uphold as values must consistently go through the process of
change as our world evolves in order to fit into the demands of this present
time and age. So it is very essential for us as a race to look into and reform
our perverted belief systems in order to accommodate positive change,
development and human coexistence.
One may ask, in spite of our present cultural diversities, how do
we know wrong values since diversities give room to what is generally accepted
in one culture could be unaccepted in another culture? I will say that any
belief system, ideologies or practice that threatens the peace, co-existence
and progress of another or group thereby violating the divine laws of love and
unity, such values should be looked upon as perverted and as such is
subject to reforms. Today humanity has sanction hate, injustice, killings,
terrorism, victimization, and cruelty as evil. The universal human rights frown at such practices, so any belief system or ideologies
perpetuating such acts should be stamped out of our communities. It is also
very important for us to understand that our values are what shape our
lifestyles; our lifestyle comprises our arts, crafts, and traditions. So is any work of art in any place an
expression of the people's values as we often behold imprints of our collective
values either positive or negative traits in our everyday arts. This is mostly
demonstrated in our music, literature, poetry, painting, and sculpture.
In this noble campaign to
uphold our values, we should also have in mind that the only way we can achieve
this is to believe in ourselves and what we represent regardless of what others
perceive of us. It is only we that can chart our cause, and in
charting this cause of our lives and nations, self-esteem comes to play. When
we believe in who we are, we do not just believe in our worth but celebrate our
uniqueness as a race which includes our diversities, then will we chart a well
defined cause for progress in our continent.
Another vital truth we must know is that our diversity remains an
essential factor in our evolutionary process as a race, for in our diversities
lies not just our beauty but also our collective strength as a group, nation, or
race. We will only better ourselves and strengthen our bond of unity in the
celebration of our diversities. In these diversities is the weapon of our
warfare in which we wage war against the deceptive alien's traits that threaten
our world peace, above all, it is an absolute tool of our freedom.
Our personal purpose is connected to our values, in self-discovery
it is essential we discover our personal purpose in life and if we must come to
terms with this understanding, one of the ways to do this is to x-ray ourselves
with what is considered as value questions.
VALUE QUESTION
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Imagine you died yesterday, what are the 5 things humanity will
say about you?
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Imagine you died 50 years from now, what are the things people
will say in your epitaph then?
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Imagine you died yesterday and you are now standing before God in
judgment, what are 5 things He will say about how you lived your life?
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Now imagine you die in 50 years, what are the things you will love
him to say?
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What are your 12 core values which constitute your wheel of life?
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