"Try not to become a (wo)man of success but rather try to become a (wo)man of value." -Albert Einstein

My values play a HUGE role in my everyday life, my future goals and everything I do/think/say yet articulating what exactly they are is not anywhere near easy to say the least.

Motivation, Dedication, Passion, Loyalty, Honesty, Responsibility

Among others, specifically these are the values I try to hold myself to in any decision I'm making, no matter what environment I'm in, regardless of the topic of decison. I like to live by these virtues and strive to keep them at the surface of my personality. I also admire these things in others, and look for these things in the people around me.

The rest of this blog focuses on specific things that i value and as a result of me valueing these things, they have thus shaped my own personal values. Make sense? I think so.

"Other things may change us but we start and end with FAMILY"

Like most people, I value my family and the relationship we have. My sisters mean the world to me and I wouldn't be the person I am if it weren't for my parents.

( I cannot figure out how to get these pictures in a more appropriate spot but yea those are my sisters)

Andddd, back to values.


"Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make (wo)man a more clever devil" -C.S. Lewis

side note: I hate how all the quotes I like only reference men. hmph.

EDUCATION. This is a huge one for me. I know I wouldn't be where I am if I didn't have the education I do. I could have very easily stayed in Cleveland Public Schools my whole life and would most likely not have ended up at the best university in the nation. Instead my parents moved us to Olmsted Falls where I had a phenomenal high school experience that landed me here, in amazing classes that I love, recieving a high quality education.

I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do. ~Edward Everett Hale

Compassion for others is another strong value of mine. It wasn't until I fully understood Alpha Xi Delta's ritual that I really developed a passion for service, but now it is shaping how I spend every week as well as what I want to do in the future. I love doing service and have gotten to try so many different things as a member of the Greek community. Putting together my values of education and service, I volunteer at least once a week at KIPP Journey Acadamy helping tutor underprivlidged middle schoolers. I want to continue working for equal education as a career as well.

"Fraternity is the fuel that allows common people to produce uncommon results."

Finally, I value the relationship I have with my friends and my sisters in Alpha Xi Delta. My sorority has completely turned my life around and I would not be who I am without the experiences we have gone through together. I have developed every aspect of myself and my sisters truly make me a better person. I value everything about that relationship and could not imagine where I'd be without it.

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