Core Values & Living them

Over the Standstill – solstice – just past, I talked about stuff that really matters to me. That’s what the three standstill days of Midwinter Solstice are about for me. I give, spend and make time for getting to really know myself.

Yes, I hear you! I got to know myself years ago, you say, I don’t need to do it all over again.

Sorry, friend, yes you do. You’re not the same person you were then. Heck, you’re not even the same person you were yesterday let alone back then. We all need to get to know ourselves regularly and the standstill at each Solstice is a great time to do that.

On this third day I headed into core values. We all have them, they’re part of us, they’re actually what make us tick.

So what are mine? What makes me tick. What makes me get up in the morning?

Well I'm a long wooden spoon and I keep stirring cauldrons.

I'm an agitator and a challenger.

So, quite often people don't like what I say … but I've still got to say it anyway.

And yes, even after all this time, even after all the three quarters of a century I've been alive, doing that can still be difficult.

Which of us doesn't like to be loved? Which of us doesn't like to be approved of?

I’d really love to know your thoughts.

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