Values are principles that allow us to guide our behavior. They are fundamental beliefs that help us to prefer, appreciate and choose some things or behaviors instead of others. They are also a source of satisfaction and fulfillment. They provide us a guideline to formulate goals and purposes whether personal or collective. Values fend for themselves. They are important for what they are, what they mean and what they represent not for what people think about them.
Everybody is subjected to values. Sometimes is really difficult to say which one is the most important because it depends on the life moment. That does not mean that the values a person have in a specific moment can change but he or she can give more priority for some of them depending on the life moment he or she is living.
For me, right now, the values that rule my life are: social relation, integrity, health and respect for others. Firstly, I believe that having friends whether inside or outside the work environment is really important because these are the people who are going to be next to you in good and bad moments, together with the family, and, mainly in the bad ones, it is really comfortable to have people around ready to help you. Secondly, I chose integrity because I firmly think, after seeing what is happening in Spain with corruption, that it is really important to be committed to each activity that we develop. People believe that the fact of leading an important company, the government or a NGO allow them to steal money and undermine the credibility of their organization when they are the ones who should give example to everybody. In third place, I chose health because many times people think that it is not necessary to take care of themselves but then, when the problems appear it is to late to go back and finally, I think that the respect for others should be present in all people’s lives. We need to listen and understand other people’s beliefs and