What in this world is most important to you?
Family? Marriage? Job?
Of all the possible priorities a person can set, what are yours? Spirituality, religion, relationship with God? Is humor most important to you? What about serving others, work ethic, or health? Competition? Control? Courage?
If your spouse or children were asked what is most important to you, what would they say? Being well-liked? Winning? Having more stuff? What is it that keeps your attention the most each day? Challenge? Artistic expression?
Look over the list below and select 4-6 values you believe are absolutely most important to you. What do they mean to you? Why are they most important?
| Admiration Accomplishment Acceptance Adventure Activity Artistic Expression Attention Beauty Being well-liked Being ethical Bravery Challenge Calm Children Control Cleanliness Courage Consistency Compromise Communication Creativity Contentment Companionship |
Dependence Discipline Diplomacy Dreaming Entertainment Energy Enthusiasm Faith Faithfulness Fairness Family Friends Fitness Fact Free Time Giving Having enough money Humor Home Honesty Health Independence Justice |
Kindness Love Legacy Logic Loyalty Memory/Memories Openness Peace Popularity Punctuality Patience Prosperity Playfulness Praise Presentation Predictability Quiet Relationship with God Relationship with Others Religion Routine Romance |
Responsibility Respect Resiliency Reason Spirituality Serving Others Sobriety Self-Sacrifice Social Status Success Self-Care Satisfaction Spontaneity Tradition Trust Time Alone Understanding Vitality Wisdom Winning Work Ethic Wealth Youth |
Now, ask yourself… what values are you living? On what do you spend your time and money? What are you teaching your children to value? Where does your spouse fall in your list of priorities?
If what you claim to be your top values isn’t matching up with what you’re living… what needs to be adjusted in your life?
Keri Kitchen is a devoted wife and mother, blogger, author of Love Isn’t Selfish, licensed mental health counselor, and founder of The Carys Rainn Foundation .