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William Kiefer: his life and his wierd outlook. Follow me on Twitter @jsbachop1 want to comment? Contact me at jsbachop1@aol.com
My core ideology is to faithfully love and serve God, my family, my country and ease the suffering of others through selfless compassion and charity.
Values that I believe are most important are:
  • Trust
  • Fidelity
  • Contrition
  • Duty
  • Dignity
  • Idealism
  • Humor
  • Teamwork
  • Individual Responsibility

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Thoughts, Words, Behaviors, Habits and Values

I must apologize for the lack of entries.  This has not been a sign of non-commitment as much as it has been a sign of having my evening time reserved for other activities. 

I would like to reflect on a statement from Mahatma Gandhi

Keep your thoughts positive, because your thoughts become your words.  Keep your words positive, because your words become your behavior.  Keep your behavior positive, because your behavior becomes your habits.  Keep your habits positive because your habits become your values.  Keep your values positive, because your values become your destiny. 

This statement is outlining a cause and effect relationship of of thoughts into our values, though this process is over time.  There is a sense that we must be watchful of all the items, not just thoughts, but thoughts, words, bahavior, habits and values.  The sentence about values is the last item which makes me question whether I may have jumped to a forgone conclusion that defining my values distinctly will provide direction for the habits, behaviors, words and thoughs.  The passage seems to say to me that I need to have focus on all these items if I wish to change my destiny. 

I must take action as well to protect my thoughts, words, behaviors and habits and focus them towards my values statement or else this is all a charade.