Blog Challenge And Other Tidbits |
An opinion or two...or three or four... |
PROMPT May 8th Take a look at this list of values: https://liveboldandbloom.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/400-personal-values-list... Pick your top ten values and rank them based on how important they are to you. Then, write about the values you chose and if any have changed throughout your life. One of my best qualities is that I'm a team player. I have always chosen to work for the good of the group. I work to support the group. I work to ensure everyone in the group is successful and happy. And if, in my opinion, an incorrect or wrong decision has been made, then I'll work to dissuade the group from that decision. But if the concensus is to move forward with such a decision then I'm on board with that. I'm in no way a pansy or a push-over. I choose to lead in what's called "above the line." And I mention all this because where the 30-Day Blogging Challenge is concerned I look at the blogging community here as "my group." And I do my best to support and motivate. And when presented a prompt I do my best to follow that prompt because every other blogger in the group is doing the same. And I want my group to be happy. So when I looked at this prompt late last night I immediately thought, "Are you kidding me? 400 words to scan? And then discern my top 10?" Yep, that's what I thought. My next thought was, "Nope. That would take me all day. And it defeats the purpose of a blog post." Sad to say, but I felt a little defeated. But I'm a team player and I resolved that I would approach the list with a fresh perspective in the morning. And...here I am. I scanned the list again. I realized something didn't feel right. So I decided to challenge the list by definition. Here's what I found: VALUE: By definition a VALUE: is that QUALITY of anything that renders it desirable or useful. And... QUALITY: By definition QUALITY is a CHARACTERISTIC or FEATURE someone or something has. I took that information and returned to the list. I noticed that most of the words on the list are actually qualities and not values. And to be honest I'm glad about that. Mostly because I STILL don't want to scan down a list of 400 words and choose 10. I thought I might ask Collin his take on the whole thing. I thought I would find him perusing the list and drawing out what his values really are. But no such luck. For Collin really doesn't have any values. In all his 400 years he's never once stopped to consider what is truly important to him. Of course all his tricks and traps are important. After all, that's how he makes a living. But honestly, how can you value deceit? I told Collin to just keep it to himself. He was fine with that. So at this juncture I will have to politely and respectfully pass. I have many values and I display many qualities. I do my best to keep them all positive. And no, I'm not perfect. There are times when the ugly side of me shows. But at the end of the day I make no apologies for that. I am simply who I am. And I'm not sorry for that. |