Are you thriving or just existing? Have you thought about your values and how you can put them to the best use? Developing from a kernel to a fully popped ear of corn takes a lifetime. It takes a commitment, vision, authenticity, and integrity to develop your creative strengths. It takes your creative priorities in the most satisfying ways to bring you abundant rewards. This a personal and private process and may take a few years. Patience is the virtue that needs to drive you to your goal.
List the top five accomplishments thus far in your life. Be real, truthful and humble and, no embellishments. Now list what you enjoy doing that gives you the greatest satisfaction and energizes you. Your values are the activities, and behaviors that are natural. Create a life that addresses your values, goals and behaviors. What have you been putting off doing or exploring in this lifetime?
Here are some ideas for your perusal.
- developing hobbies
- planning for your retirement
- more knowledge about business opportunities
- buying property
- having good health
Do a clean sweep of the values that are needless because they will cloud your true values. Unresolved matters tend to clutter up your goals. This is the time to reorient yourself and express your values with a clean slate.
When you are well connected and honestly engaged in attractive endeavors, you are excited and give yourself the room to enhance your life. What values resonant as a value to you - adventure, to create, to discover, to relate, to teach, to win, to have pleasure. Identify your own true values. Choose only values about you, not others.
Choose a project that is aligned with your goals. Do not consider a project in order to get something out of it, but do one that you enjoy. The objective is to have only value based goals. if you have a goal that does not "fit" with your values it is okay to adapt another goal. Remember, you are using your values as a point of reference not a stringent process. Keep it simple and as effortless as possible.
Put yourself on the path to your gift of a lifetime. Be free to indulge in what YOU want to do.
Gloria M. Reiske is an MSW, LCSW with more than thirty years experience in education, administration, social work, and coaching. She has authored many articles and is published in local media, having written a men and grief manual for training purposes throughout Virginia and an article for children and grief.
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