True to my Care Values
“Never think anything to be of benefit to you that makes you break your word or lose your self-respect.”
— Marcus Aurelius
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I know that those times when I have suffered the most emotional turmoil (stress) are those times when I have made choices that were the furthest from my personal integrity. These were not necessarily immoral or unethical choices. they were simply not MY choices … they were being dictated by the “shouldas” or the “oughtas” of others. Regardless of the “rationalization” of WHY I chose to make these choices, the suffering was NOT worth it !!!!
My self-respect and dignity are determined by my core values … my integrity!
As I was typing the above sentence, I made a typo and wrote ” … determined by my care values ..” … *S* perhaps that is closer to the true meaning of the statement than “..core values” is?!?!
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