Yesterday I think I got hung up on too
many labels. Today I am going to think
about my beliefs from a new perspective.
Things I believe in are fairness,
honesty, and loyalty. These are probably
my three strongest beliefs, the ones that have grounded me throughout my life
and ones that I don’t ever remember having been taught, they just were. Along with these beliefs I believed in a good
work ethic but I did learn very early in my working career that being a good
worker, being fair, honest and loyal did not give me the highest raises or the
best promotions. From the beginning I
held my beliefs were more important than the money, the promotion or the recognition
so I suppose another belief I had was belief in my personal integrity.
In considering my beliefs I went back to
my childhood and realized that one of my fundamental beliefs was in the
invincibility of my parents. I believed
my parents knew everything about everything and the day my mother wasn’t home
during lunch hour rocked my world. My
faith in my parents was complete and nothing anyone could say would ever have
caused me to doubt my parents. For that
I am truly thankful as it gave me a foundation to build all other beliefs.
My fundamental beliefs are the ones that
built my character and contributed to what can be perceived as prudishness
and/or priggishness. It also made me
into a Pollyanna-like person which was confirmed recently when I took a profile
quiz that marked me as a “Believer”. But
my beliefs have also made it so that I can put my head on my pillow at night
and I sleep like a baby.
I’m pretty sure this studying belief
into character is not supposed to make a person pat themselves on the back but
oh well, I believe I have the self-confidence to that. J
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