#52 Stories--Story #5

What personal values do I hold most dear?

There are many that mean a great deal to me.  However, my most dearly held personal values would include FAMILY, INTEGRITY, and DOING MY BEST.

FAMILY is vital and of eternal worth, as that is the most important set of relationships we can develop.  I have responsibility to forge bonds with my parents, and sister and her family.  I have duty to create a bond with my husband and children and their eventual families. Ultimately, we are bonding our family links from ancestors to descendants through temple work and ordinances offered there. Eventually we will have the chance to build that bond directly all the way back to the beginning and have those same relationships with our Heavenly parents. That will be the greatest worth and most cherished blessing from family.

INTEGRITY because I'd love to be recognized for being honest and staying true to what I say I will do. There is strength that comes from doing what is right, no matter who is watching, and I'd love to have that kind of reputation. For my word to be good enough for others to believe and count on would be a good marker of my character.

DOING MY BEST is important as I am not perfect in my behavior, but I try each day to be a little better, and do a little better. I hope other people would give me the benefit of the doubt when I do mess something up--thinking that I would not do something purposefully to hurt another person. DOING MY BEST is an attitude of continuing to try, of never giving up, of enduring to the end. The Lord has asked that much of me.  And so long as I am trying to do my best, I can count myself in alignment with Him.