Values

I believe that many people's values are influenced by others. I for one believe that what you value most is your own decision. My main value in life is dedication. If I start something, I will finish it. Selling myself short only hurts myself so I choose to better myself with every encounter I may face.  I use dedication in sports, schooling and at work. Dedication ties into hard work or a good sense of work ethic. Working hard for something makes the result more rewarding. A good work ethic is important to get you through life in a positive manner. With age comes respect. Respecting others will result in respect being returned to you. I believe not only that you should respect your elders, but that you should respect everyone. Everyone deserves respect unless given a reason to not do so.  Although respect seems small, it is the foundation of everything. I use respect in everything I do. I have learned to value respect because I appreciate being respected by others. My family is a large aspect of my values. I value their encouragement and appreciation of my doings. They are there for me every day through everything so I can say that they are a positive aspect of my life.  Lastly, I value my education. My education keeps me on the path to success.  I use education everyday because it is the building blocks of everything. My family also values education which gives me more reason to appreciate it. I am thankful to receive an education.

The way I act today has been influenced tremendously by the things I do, and whom I do them with. When hanging out with the guys I could act spontaneous and not care about others thoughts of me. While around those who are not as close to me I may act shy or like I'm holding back. I've noticed throughout life, certain aspects of society has morphed my way of acting or thinking to what is right and what is wrong. For example, I never thought I would be blogging. After keeping an open mind I realized it isn't all that bad. Today in this day and age, technology has become a major aspect of communication. I believe how much you communicate or what you talk about is correlated by your gender. Being a male I feel as though I don't talk as much as a female. This isn't always true for everyone. Sometime different social groups talk more than others. Social groups are all different and society all thinks of them differently, some bad or some good. I for one don't think that how much you talk can be because of your race. Although some may talk more than others around you, they may talk all the time around someone else. Whom someone talks to may be judged due to their race. Society always has their say on things, although many are false stereotypes many follow these and have run their life to correspond to their likes.