My Universal Values

As humans, we all have the desire to want to be better, smarter and more awesome person than we already are. We either want to be more attractive, have a faster car, make more money or b more popular. Even so, when someone asks me what kind of person I aspire to be, nothing physical comes to mind. The way that I now feel as if I have a huge computer loading bar above me. The person that I thrive to be is a combination of my set values and principles and my desire to improve upon in my life.

A universal value can be described as “one that produces behavior that is beneficial to both the practitioner [and on] whom it is practiced” (Eyre and Eyre 27). Honesty, respect towards others, and learning to solve problems without resorting to violence

Love is “the value that undergirds our most noble human values [it] activates, empowers and encourages the growth of our other core values” (Tucker). At my church, my pastor always talks about the fact that loving God will help you love people. When I say love, I don 't mean just being in love or loving your mom. I 'm talking about real loving admiration toward someone. If someone in your life has given up something they really cared about, that 's real love. I want to be able to go out of my way to show love to another person. I want to value the people who sacrifice for me, whether it 's their time or money because I obviously mean something to them. You never know if that thing they sacrificed was the world to them, but they still decided to choose you. During my senior year, I had this love for my math teacher. I didn 't have a crush. I just thought he was a great person and teacher, and I always tried my very best and went above and beyond for him. On the last day of school, I even stayed after school and helped him switch classrooms for the new year. It took almost four hours, and I got nothing in return, but I still did and felt good afterward. But shouldn 't we be doing that for all the people close to us that we claim to