Values

As promised, I present to you my values. I have spent a long time choosing and refining these. Of course I do not live them out perfectly, that is partly the point. The point is that I want to and will spend the next nine months attempting to live each as best I can and reflecting on them. Such a process is formative and designed to help shape me into someone who lives his values better, test them to find their worth; or perhaps a better way to put it is: 'to put my money where my mouth is.'
VALUES
1. I LIVE BY THE GOLDEN LAW AND RULE AS THE GUIDING PRINICPLES OF MY LIFE
a. Golden Law: Love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul and strength and love your
neighbour as yourself.
b. Golden Rule: Do to others as you would have others do to you.
2. I AM IN GOOD HEALTH
a. Eat more basic foods
b. Eat less bonus foods
c. Exercise regularly
3. I AM PRUDENT
a. I use practical reason to discern the true good in every circumstance and choose the right
means of achieving it.
b. I seek the right judgement about what must be done.
c. I use inquiry and consider my options and demands of reason.
d. I always seek to recognise the right option.
4. I AM AN AGENT OF JUSTICE
a. I seek to give what is due to God and neighbour.
b. I try to respond to the needs of my personal and social relationships.
c. I hear the cry of the poor and disadvantaged and act upon it.
5. FORTIUDE
a. I seek to be firm in the face of difficulties in pursuing the good
b. I seek to overcome fear and persevere against adversity.
c. I am strong in my resolve and will sacrifice when necessary
d. I will demonstrate calm steadfast and trust in the Lord.
6. TEMPERENCE
a. I seek to be rid of vice, order the attraction to pleasure and use things well.
b. I seek order in my instincts directing them towards what is honourable.
c. I seek to be balanced and moderate.
7. ORDER
a. I seek to order my time each day
b. I seek to have an ordered and manageable budget.
c. I contribute to a tidy environment.
8. COMMITMENT
a. I resolve to perform what I ought; perform without fail what I resolve.
9. HUMILITY
a. I imitate Jesus and Socrates