Values In Life: Who I Admire

What do I see as values in my life? The things that I believe to be important to my every day life. Here are a few things I see...It a summary.

  1.) Being Faithful in all I do. Life is important.
  2.) Being a Person of my word. Walk with integrity
  3.) Being Honest, Open, Truthful
  4.) Being Respectful to others as well as myself
  5.) Being Accountable for my actions
  6.) Being Loved and loving others
  7.) Being at Peace, having stability and rest
  8.) Being Grateful, thankful for all things of God
  9.) Being Loyal, having a stick with it spirit
10.) Be coming more Christlike

Who are the people who I admire in my lifetime?  Here's a few on my list. I didn't list 10...I admired my parents. There were others who have passed on the admired also.

The Trinity: God, the Father, God, the Son God, the Holy Spirit. GOD creator of ALL

( Jesus, IS...Faithful, and He is everything that is of GOD!) He is my Savior, and all that I need in life. The living God is my top of my admires.

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: Preacher, Noble Peace Prize Winner, Leader, child of God

(Strong, Determination)... I was to young to recall what Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stood for. But as I look at video of him and etc, I see that he was a well spoken man.

His a person that we should honor. Without the people of the Civil Rights Moment the world that I live in would be totally different. Freedom wouldn't be ringing.

Joyce Meyer; Preacher, Author, child of God

(Open, Faithful, Accountable...)When I listen to Joyce, I see that she's gives of herself. She is steadfast about what she is doing.

I have an opportunity to be in one of her conference in 1999. She come to the church where I gather to worship. I was at all but one of her meetings. I even was blessed to set on the platform.

Joyce is a caring person. It' shows in her testimonies. She is a walking testimony of what God can do for someone. Joyce is shining the light of God in the world.

May we life up to what we believe. May we see that our values are important. May we see that we are built up by those who we admire. May we continue to view our values in life. May we be faithful in what we do. May we see the beauty in what other do. Amen!

Staying On The Journaling Journey,
Susan

Some More Of My Values In Life

Here are some of my values...

PROGRESS: It's good to see progress over the years. We don't want to be stuck in the same place forever.

LOYALTY: It's wonderful to have loyalty. Some one who will work with things. Some one who would be faithful till the end.

DISCOVERY: The journey in life is to discover. It's nice to make discoveries along the journey of life path.

GRATITUDE: We need to be have a grateful heart. Whether its a big thing or the smallest of the least of things. Be thankful always.

DISCIPLINE: We should have some kind of practice of doing in our lives. By doing on an on going bases brings progress.

AMBITION: We need some thing inside of us to bring us into other things. The desire to pursue. The get up and go in life.

STEWARDSHIP: We should have control over what we have. We should take care of things we posses. Our money, our time and our talents are ours to manage.

May we use what we have to the glory of God. May we make discoveries on our journey. May we be loyal to God and to those we mean the world to us.

May we look back over our progress from time to time. May we discipline our selves to do and to keep doing the things we believe is ours to do.

May we have an ambition in life. May we keep up and not grow weary in the things God has called us to do. May we believe what we do will be done. Amen!

Thanks for reading!Some More Of My Values In Life

Staying On The Journaling Journey,
Susan

Some Principles In Life: Values

The list continues...

CREATIVITY: God has created us to be creative. We have the gift of creativity in us. I try to use it as much as I can.

SIMPLICITY: We should live life with simplicity. Through time I notice that some of the things that I do, it doesn't take all that to do. It needs to be simple. I don't know why I make some things so difficult at time. I'm learning to be simple.

STABILITY: We go through in life. It's good to be stable in life. We can go through life with trials and test. There are people who know that. Still they can see that stability is in some one's life.
TRUST: We need to have trust in what we do. We have to earn respect from others. We trust is so valuable in respecting others.

FAMILY: We need family. The family needs us. We need each other. Family by birth rights or family by spiritual grounds. There is a bond in family relationship. We're family for life.

TRADITION: There are things in life we call tradition. We do over and over again. In some cases we update our tradition.

DEVOTION: We should have some devotion in our lives. We are devoted in doing things we believe in. Spending time in devotional time brings life into our lives.

May we be creative in what we do in life. May we be trustworthy in our relationships. May we make things simple. May we unite with our family. May we have stability in our lives as we go through issues after issues in Jesus' Name. Amen!

Thanks for reading!
Some Principles In Life: Values

Staying On The Journey,
Susan

Some My Values In Life

I've been thinking about some of my values or beliefs. What we believe is important. What I'm sharing isn't in any order. I know that some values have more influence in our lives than other. But the matter in our lives.

FAITHFUL: We have to have faith. Without faith we can't do what we do. Believing that we can is important. But where is your faith?

My faith is in Jesus. Without faith I cannot please God. So faith and being faithful is a strong value to have in life.

HONESTY: If we don't speak the true, than how can someone believe us? Being honest states things about our character. We can be opened to others.

LOVE: Everyone needs love. God has put the spirit of love in all of us. God is love. We were created in the image of God. Love is in us. If we are in Christ Jesus we have the spirit of love in us.

INTEGRITY: It's good to say what we are going to do. Yet, it's even better to do what we are doing to do. Our action speaks louder than words. Being a person of our word, bring credibility to our character.

PERSEVERANCE: We have to set our mind on the things that we do. We need to have an attitude to keep with it. Through thick and thin, we have to keep moving. We need to stick with what we do as best as we can. I know in some cases we need to abandon our mission.

RESPECT for OTHERS and Self: We should respect others as well as respect ourselves. We don't all agree on things. But we can respect others for their opinions.

PEACE: We need to be at peace with ourselves and at peace with God. If we can't get along with ourselves we are in a lot of trouble. If we don't have peace with God, that's more trouble than we can't ever think.

ACCOUNTABILITY: We need to have some accountability for ourselves. We can only account for our own actions.

May we be faithful in what we do. May we be honest and true to our calling in life. May we learn to love one another. May we be a person of our words. May we have perseverance in what we do in life.

May the peace of God be with us. May we be accountable for what we do. May we
see that life is a gift from God. May we use this gift the best way we know how. Amen!
Thanks for reading!Some Of My Values In Life

Staying On The Journaling Journey,
Susan

What's Important About Values?

Values are important. Why? There are many reasons. Without having a belief system on things there will be some trouble. We could belief every thing we hear. We have to have some form of belief on things.

I believe in being consistent in doing things. I could have just waiting for tomorrow to post things journal. It's late. And I am tried.

But I'm determine to post this journal today. I had a time getting on my computer. It was slow. I made it.

It' good to have the want to do things. The value in what we think and believe affects how we see things. If we think we can't do it. Than we think we can't. But if we go for it than we can see things that we thought we couldn't do.

May we see the good in keeping with things. May we not grow weary in doing good. May we learn to see what is working and what is not. Amen!

I need to post these journals much earlier in the day.

Thanks for reading.
What's Important About Values?

Staying On The Journaling Journey,
Susan

Beliefs And Values

I have been trying to focus on this assignment. I have to give it more thought. Values are what we believe that is important in our life.

I've been looking on websites to give me an idea on what to journal about. I mean, this assignment appears to be some what like one I've already done. It's a bit different.

How do I approach this one? I know it doesn't have to be long. I should list at least 21. I have to ponder on that. I should at least have 10 people who I admire.

On other thoughts for the day
I've been adding more to the family tree. It's an adventure. It gets my mind off things.  I've been cleaning and sorting.

Hope all are doing OK! The weather is warming up some. It will be in the 40's on Friday. A HEAT WAVE! 

May we take life serious. May we see the value in others. May we live life with good morals and value. Amen!

Thanks for reading.Beliefs And Values.

Staying On The Journaling Journey,
Susan

Assignment # 12 Looking At Your Values

This looks like a big assignment! What are values? Here are some questions from the assignment. What is important to me? Who am I? And What am I committed to? What do I notice?

We are to write down 21 goals as of this date. What an exercise! There's a list of COMMON PERSONAL VALUE listed on the assignment pages. Examples Accuracy, Achievement, Success, Communication, Oneness, Preservation.  and so forth.

Here another route to your values: From the assignment sheet
Make a list of 10 people who your admire the most. These people can be real or fictional, in your life or in the public eye, living or dead.

Than next to their names, put down up to 10 qualities you admire about each of them.

Than look through your list of qualities and circle the ones that keep appearing. The qualities that appear most often are your real values.

Some of my thoughts:
Like I said what an assignment! Who are the 10 people I admire? What are my values? Well, I have to work on this assignment.

May we take some time to look at our values in life. May the LORD guide us in what we do. May we be real with what we think is important in our lives. Amen.

Thanks for reading!
Assignment # 12: Looking At Your Values

Staying On The Journaling Journey,Susan

What Do I Believe About Happiness And Religion? Conclusion On Assignment

I've been thinking What Do I Believe? for this past week's journalilng assignment. I can say, I can sum  up what I believe in this assignment. What Do I Believe About Happiness And Religion? It connects with all the other topics that I wrote about.

I can say when I believe, I don't have to explain what I believe. I don't have to argue my point. I can only confess what I believe.

I believe that there is a God. So I'm have a RELIGION.
I believe that LIFE comes from God. The LIFE of God dwells inside me.
I believe that HUMAN NATURE is apart of LIFE. We are sinners needing to repent. I believe that we should WORK. It's apart of what LIFE is about.

I believe that we should be good stewards of our MONEY. We give, spend, save of our MONEY. I believe that FRIENDSHIPS are important in our lives.
I believe that a MARRIAGE is between a male man and a female woman. I believe that PARENTING is very important in a child's early life. I believe children are a gift from God for parents to raise up in the admiration of God.

I believe that HAPPINESS is apart of LIFE. I believe that's who we know can lead us into HAPPINESS. When things come into our lives we can have that inter peace of knowing God is with us. It's not what situations that come our way. It's our reaction in how we respond and go through that brings that peace to us.

I can't recall when I started believing in God. I grew up with Baptist parents. I heard about Jesus and God through my parents and siblings.

I notice some of the things I believed, in my early years have changed over the coarse of years. Indeed that is because I have matured. There were some negative things that I casted aside. There were many I had to alter.

I see, as I mature in Christ, some of the childish things that I do I have put away. I have seem to eliminate them. I have new insights about life as I experience life.

What I've experienced about HAPPINESS is what I do with it. I mean things should make my happy. But it shouldn't be the case. If I live on having HAPPINESS all the time, than I couldn't experience things that I need to grow in.

Happiness is a wonderful experience. It comes when I choose to let it come. I know when sadness comes I have to grieve or have that time of sorrow. I know that sorrow is just for a time.

Being happy is a choose. I see by being religious, I have a belief that I can be pulled out of sadness. Through the word of God and the Holy Spirit's guidance I can life that live that Jesus has called me to live.

Live in Jesus is the best thing I have experience. I called upon Jesus on March 25, 1983. On September 17, 1993 Jesus make Himself know to me. I began to start attending church gatherings.

It's been 17 years since I've been apart of the assembling of the saints of God. I believe that what I have experienced have been shaping my belief system. I can only speak or believe what I am capable in believing.

I believe that Jesus died on the cross for the sins of the world. I believe that God raised Jesus from the died. I believe that Jesus is seated at the right hand of the Father.

I believe that Jesus is LORD and is ruling the Nations from heaven's throne. I believe that Jesus will come again to judge the living and the died. I believe the the Holy Spirit is alive in me and is that witness of what I can believe.

This has been another interesting journaling assignment. I have found myself as I sat down to type in what I do, I find that I can flow through with words to say. I have come to think over the assignment for the week.

I see that I have a belief system in how to approach this journaling assignment. If I lay aside some time to journal each day, and have an idea on what I want to share, the words will flow as I am typing.

I've seen to see this as I've been journaling last week. I belief as I 'm journaling daily I have a sense of what's in my heart to share.

I try to practice what I believe each day. I read some form of the word of God daily. I believe that God hears what I say to Him. He hears me when I don't say anything. I believe God knows me.

I believe that God knew about me before the creation of the world. I believe that God has a plan and purpose for my life. I believe in God the Father, I believe in God ,the Son. I believe in God the Holy Spirit, Holy God, 3 in one.

There some much much more I can say about what I believe. I believe in prayer. I'm of the Christian RELIGION. I believe in Christ who is my LORD and Savior.

We all have our ideas about things in LIFE and why we choose to believe what we believe. What is Life ? Why dose HUMAN NATURE affect what we do? Why do we have to WORK? What should we do with our MONEY?

How should we form our FRIENDSHIPS?. What makes up a MARRIAGE? How should we cultivate our RELATIONSHIPS? What about PARENTING?  What bring on  HAPPINESS? Why do we have to have a RELIGION?

Everything we do, or don't do,
say or don't say, or believe or don't believe
It's all for a reason.
We all have our opinion in LIFE.
May we respect others for their opinions.
May we learn to get long with one another.
May we learn to come to gather with common ground.
May we believe what we believe without being mad at others.

Thanks for reading.
I hope it makes sense.
What Do I Believe About Happiness And Religion? Conclusion On Assignment
Peace be with you.

Staying On The Journaling Journey,
Susan

What Do I Believe?

I didn't get to journal what I had planned. It's been a long day. I need to catch up on some things. It will be a productive week for the most.

What Do I Believe? I need to balance my time....

Hope all is well with you.
Peace!
Thanks for reading.

Staying On The Journey,
Susan

What Do I Believe About RELATIONSHIP and PARENTING?

I have been thinking about my next topics. RELATIONSHIP and PARENTING. What Do I Believe About RELATIONSHIP and PARENTING? What makes up a RELATIONSHIP? What about PARENTING?

We have all kinds and levels of RELATIONSHIPS.
Some are more closer than others.

Parents to children, siblings to siblings, Grandparents to grandchildren, Aunt to nieces, Uncles to nephews, husband to wife, friends to friends, Doctor to patients, Employers to employee, co workers to co workers and etc the list goes on.

We build on our RELATIONSHIPS through the process of time. We learn about one another. We want the other person to like us. We do things for one another out of love and FRIENDSHIPS.

We do things together in RELATIONSHIPS. We share things with one another: our joys, our sorrow, our burdens. We comfort one another. We do life together.

First of all I am not a parent. What can I say about PARENTING?
I believe that a parent has the responsibility for their child whether the child was born out of wedlock or not. I see in most case the mother is the one left with what happens to the child's life. It's hard to care for a child by yourself.

In a marriage with both couple under the same home there are guidelines that the parents lay out. Parents are to train their children. They should be examples. So their children will have to have a life of their own with their set of values about life.

Parents only know or experience from their parents or whoever brought them up. Mortals and values about life is learn them. Then passed down to their children.

What I saw in my upbringing was to be obedient to my parents. I know when I wasn't suppose to do things. We were taught that education was important in life.

We knew what we had to do. We wanted to honor or parents. Parents are suppose to be examples in life that we can follow. I know there are cases people are ashamed of their parents. That another issue.

But, I believe what the Bible saying about parents. We shall honor our father and our mother. This is good in the sight of the LORD. Bringing honor to our parents speak good to the LORD. No matter if the parent wasn't a good parent. Show honor unto the LORD.

Our relationship are important in all walks of LIFE. Those are PARENTING, relationship with their children matters. The two work together.

May we learn to work on our relationships. May those who are parenting have good relationships with their children. May God help our relationships. May we all be good example to those around us. AMEN!

I've been slowing down on my journaling. Not much time to do things today. I started this journal yesterday. I finished up today. My style of writing changed. I'm tried... Hope this entry makes sense.

I hope that I can journal on Religion and Happiness on Sunday. If not I'll do it on the Monday. I plan on getting that one finish.

Thanks for reading.
Peace be with you all.

Staying On The Journey,
Susan

What Do I Believe About Friendships and Marriage?

I've been thinking about the topics on FRIENDSHIPS and MARRIAGE. What are FRIENDSHIPS? What is a MARRIAGE? What do I have to say about FRIENDSHIPS and MARRIAGE?

What Do I Believe About FRIENDSHIPS?
Who can be called a friend? A person who is friendly. An acquaintances or a person who you just met. There are close friendships, Distant friendships and the list goes on .

Friends find common ground. They have like interest. Everyone can had at least one thing in common. We share the same planet Earth. What about we all are human beings. That's a start in making friends.

We have to speak the same language. How can we understand what we are saying to one another. Friends see the best in us. They make us feel good about ourselves. Friends should be there to help us out at times.

We should over step our FRIENDSHIP. We shouldn't use things to control FRIENDSHIPS. For example a friend shouldn't keep giving and not receiving from friends.

FRIENDSHIP is a two was interaction. There is communication involved. There will be some miss understandings from time to time. But friends should forgive one another.

FRIENDSHIPS lead into more than FRIENDSHIPS. With connect with MARRIAGE. I'm not married or never have been. So I'm not an expert on the MARRIAGE department. But I have some beliefs about the matter.

What Do I Believe About MARRIAGE?
Marriage is the covenant union between  a male man and a female woman. I had to clarify that in the time and age that we live in. A MARRIAGE is a couple that includes a MAN and a WOMAN coming together as one.

The man and woman should be of age or have the consent of their parent to marry if under age. (Who can marry who? There is not such thing as a mix MARRIAGE. Humans marry Humans, color shouldn't be a factor.)

A MARRIAGE is legal when these party come together in the witness of people,before a minister of the Gospel or Judge. I don't believe in common law marriages. A MARRIAGE has a document. That is a license certified at the court house.

Once a couple are in a MARRIAGE that their life. They are in covenant with one another. There are boundaries in a MARRIAGE.

Only one MARRIAGE at one time to one living person at a time. I don't believe in sister wives where at least 2 to 5 women so called married to one man as their husband.

MARRIAGE and FRIENDSHIP go together. The couple are friends for life. They are in covenant with one another. Honor one another Cherish one another, and so forth..Till death do you part kinda MARRIAGE. I hope that in a MARRIAGE the living God is part of their life too.

As a Christian I see MARRIAGE sacred in the eyes of God. There are benefits for people who are married. The MARRIAGE is a RELATIONSHIP with has other issue of LIFE.

I can't say much about the MARRIAGE RELATIONSHIPS because I haven't experience it. I'm single. But I believe in our LIFE time we can choose to married. Our HUMAN NATURE at times, think that we need to find that mate and get married.

Once we find the mate, we develop FRIENDSHIPS that breaks down to that special someone in our lives. When that comes the couple WORK at their FRIENDSHIPS. The subject of MARRIAGE comes up.

Well, that's another topic. MARRIAGE and FRIENDSHIPS are important. The two go together with other things in life.

May we WORK on our FRIENDSHIPS with those around us. May our HUMAN NATURE not get in the way of our FRIENDSHIPS to cause disorder. May we see that we don't have to win friends with our MONEY.

May those we are in a MARRIAGE have good RELATIONSHIPS. May those who are in the PARENTING stages in life have the wisdom to discipline their children. May those who are in a MARRIAGE bring HAPPINESS into their RELATIONSHIPS. AMEN!


I hope that  those who are in a MARRIAGE have a belief in a RELIGION that there is a living God. May God be the focal point of their lives.

What Do I Believe About RELATIONSHIP and PARENTING?
Continues on my next journal entry.

Thanks for reading!

Staying On The Journaling Journey,Susan

What Do I Believe About Work And Money?

I've been thinking about WORK and MONEY. What Do I Believe About WORK And MONEY? The two words go to gather. What is WORK? What is MONEY? How does the money deal work to gather?

This journal assignment is WORK. I had to think, how I was going to do this journal assignment. There was no MONEY that will be earn in return for what I do. I believe that I will receive some benefits in doing this exercise.

What I'm saying, relates with the topics of WORK and MONEY. I had to have the necessary things to make this assignment happen. Without electricity, a computer, an Internet provider and etc, I wouldn't have been able to do what I'm doing.

Most important without the knowledge of knowing how to WORK my computer and so forth, I wouldn't have been able to do what I'm doing. So, where should I start on this assignment about What I Believe About WORK and MONEY?


Have you heard of the saying; Do you think that MONEY doesn't grow on trees? This phrases come to mind when I hear children wanting things from their parents. If MONEY did grew on trees, we would WORK to get that MONEY off that tree. Besides, tree's would be a good item to have in your yard.

That four letter word; WORK! For some, that is a scary word. WORK should be apart of our LIFE. And with HUMAN NATURE, we should be accustom to WORK. It's how we go about LIFE. We have to have some income in our lives. We need the necessary things in LIFE to live.

WORK:
It can be a paying job. Or WORK can be done through volunteering. That's working without pay.  In either case, we do what we do for a purpose. We work to receive pay to life life. We work as volunteers to be a helping hands for others. We receive some type of benefit in the long run.

How old should a person be in order to start working or volunteering? I think as soon as the person is able to understand the value of what they are doing and what they want  whether it's a pleasurable things or as a necessary of LIFE.

When we are children we had chores to do. As a child, we may not have thought that dong chores was WORK. Some parents gave their children allowance for what they did as a reward. I see as doing WORK in childhood, equips us as children for when we grow older.

When we have made it through our schooling, we come to the point of responsibility. We want things. We need things in our lives. We know that MONEY doesn't grow on trees. So, what do we have to do? Find some where to WORK!  That's a J.O.B that you'll receive pay check for what you do.

We are WORKING. We have responsibilities. What do we do with our MONEY is our business. Of coarse we have to pay bills and so forth. There are things that we need and so forth.

Now, the function of WORK and the earning of  MONEY are in operation. This interacts with the other areas of our living....

May we live our lives the best for us. May we learn how to manage our WORK- LIFE and MONEY the best way we know how. May our HUMAN NATURE not make us stumble and do things we shouldn't. May we not over spend.

May we learn that whatever our status in WORK or  FRIENDSHIPS don't hinder things in life. May those who are in a MARRIAGE balance what they do. May there be healthy RELATIONSHIPS in our WORKplace.

May those who are PARENTING have the wisdom to teach their children about WORK ethic and about MONEY.  May we learn that how much MONEY we have or earn doesn't necessarily bring us HAPPINESS.

May those who are RELIGION be faithful to give tithes and offering. May we be faithful and hardworking at what we do. Whether if a paying job or volunteer WORK. Amen!

What Do I Believe About Friendships and Marriage?Continues on my next journal entry

Thanks for reading!
Staying On The Journaling Journey,Susan

What Do I Believe About Life and Human Nature?

I've been thinking about life and human nature. What Do I Believe About Life And Human Nature? What is life? When does life begin? What is human nature? What causes us to act the way we do?

Those are some good questions to think about. I could google to find out what life and human nature are on the web. But, I don't want to do that in this journal.

So, I began thinking...When does life begin? I believe that life begins at conception. Life in the female's womb is the place where life begins. I'm Pro-Life. I believe that when a child is conceive, that child's life begins. That child is a human being.

I believe that every one of us were born for a purpose. We weren't born by accident. I believe I wasn't born by accident. I was born the 19th child to my parents.

Besides, human life, there are other forms of life. There's animal life. There is the plant life. Perhaps there is life on other planets...alien life. As long as there is a vital sign of a beat or rhythm, there is life. We live and breath as we have our life to live.

If we live to be 70, that is good. If we live to be 80 that is great. With strength and the will to live we live as long as our human bodies can last.

In the mean time we have to keep our bodies up. We need to wash up. We need to close ourselves. We need to exercise. We need to go to the doctors. All what we do helps us to live fit and longer to enjoy our lives.

What about Human Nature? What causes us to do the things we do? For example why am I doing this journaling assignment in the way that I'm doing it? I had to think about what I was going to do.

I read what I needed to do for this assignment. I thought about. Then through the process thinking, I made up my mind on how I was going to do this journaling assignment.

I responded in a manner that works for me. Someone else will have a different approach on how to do their journaling assignment. We have our own set of thinking.

Human nature is built inside of us. Did we have to learn how to breath when we came out of our mother's womb? I don't think so. When a live baby is born, breathing should come nature.

I don't think we go to sinning school to learn how to sin. It comes nature to us. But when we realize that what we do is a sin, we should want to stop sinning.

We are not prefect. Our human nature comes. We have to have the awareness of what is right and what is wrong.

Our lives are important.
Each one of us were born for a purpose. As for our human nature, it comes with life. Life and human nature interacts with the things that are connected ...

Whether if it's in the area of  life as to...
WORK: When should we start working and when should we retire?
MONEY: When is a person old enough to handle money?
FRIENDSHIP: How old should a person be to start friendship?
MARRIAGE: When should a person get married?
RELATIONSHIP: When should a person be in relationships?
PARENTING: When should a couple have a child?
HAPPINESS: When does happiness start?
RELIGION: Should we have a religion some time in our life?

We have our belief system about what we think about life and human nature is all about. WE live our lives. During the the process of time, our human nature kicks in.
May we live life to the fullest. May we learn what we are not prefect. May we see that some of our human nature can be corrected. May we respect others for their opinions. Amen!

Thanks for reading!
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What Do I Believe About Work And Money?Continues on my next journal entry...
Staying On The Journaling Journey,Susan

Introduction: What Do I Believe?

I received my next journaling assignment for the week. The question for the next seven days, What Do You Believe? I have to list at least 10 of the beliefs that I have about life, human nature, work, money, friendship, marriage, relationships, parenting, happiness, and religion.

I've been thinking about this assignment. I was trying to figure out a way to journal about these topics. I decided to group them in to two topics. I think it will work out. This journal entry is my introduction; What Do I Believe?

Have you ever wondered why you believe what you believe? Our mind set or beliefs have to come from somewhere. But where? At times, I wonder, why I believe the things I do. 

Our beliefs system comes from a variety of sources. What our parents or guardians taught us. What we learned during our schooling years throughout life. What influences we had or have with our friends and our enemies. The environment were we are located affects our belief. What we have experienced in our life can interact with what we believe.

We all have some source of belief system to work from. There are some of our beliefs that work well for us. Then there are those we have abandon. We have negative experiences that come in our lives. So, we have choices to make; to believe things or not?

What we believe is a choice on our own behave. Whether we are right or wrong, is based on our opinion. What's there to prove? If you're right and I'm wrong. It all boils down to how we believe.

Who wins or loses? That's not the point. It's what we take value in in our morals and believe. We can later in life find out what we believe wasn't the true. Or maybe what we that was the true was a lie. 

I will share What Do I Believe About Life and Human Nature? Those are interesting topics. Wonder how I can do this? I have to do some thinking. What is LIFE? What is Human Nature?

I figure to take two topics, once a day for five days. Then conclude on Monday with my final thoughts on this assignment.

Introduction: What Do I Believe?Continues on next journal entry.
Thanks for reading!

Staying On The Journey,
Susan