I just stumbled upon a great article on CNN about Queen Rania of Jordan.
“The most important thing is to instill [my children] with the right values,” Rania says. “I just feel that values are the shield that you carry with you throughout life. It protects you from whatever life throws at you.”
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Helping others is something Rania says she feels compelled to do. “Once you feel that others are like you, then you want for others what you want for yourself,” she says. “And that way you start helping others.”
This is so true. Where I think people run into problems is in the belief that values should make us immovable and infallible. Each of us is given free will and intelligence, I wish we all had the confidence to use them: to apply our values to life’s situations in positive ways; to refine our values by learning from ourselves and others; to understand that values aren’t equal to religion, though they may be shaped by religion; to realize that we can look out for ourselves and our neighbors; to know instinctively that we all have value and add something important to the huge ecosystem of the universe; to recognize the beauty of ourselves in others. I hadn’t thought until now how much power my values hold for me.
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