Core Values

I have been doing some thinking this morning on the importance of being raised with core values. I think that it is vitally important to be raised in an environment where you know what is to be expected of you (what is life without some expectation of/for the future) and that you have a strong set of values. I personally feel that the best method to use as a starting point is religion.

I was taught many things as a child some of the ones I would consider of high importance are:

• testimony of the Gospel
• moral cleanliness
• taking care of my body by what I eat/drink and how exercise
• honesty
• integrity
• hard work
• service to others

(I could probably make the list go on and one) my point being that I was taught values at a young age and they are now ingrained in me today. There are things that I would never do as a result of the values that I was taught as a young girl.

The more I look at the world around me I am beginning to see more and more evidences that the world is getting increasingly bad. Evil is everywhere you look, even checking my email I feel like I need to cover up the other half of the monitor where there are flashing ads of images that I would prefer to not look at. I hardly ever turn on the television (in fact I didn't realize the switch from analog already happened...), and movies. What happened to the good old days when three were movies like, The Journey of Natty Gann???