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Personal Values Essay

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“The decisions you make are a choice of values that reflect your life in every way.” (Alice Waters, 2016). In light of the above, “Values are moral principles and beliefs or accepted standards of a person or social group.” (Collins English Dictionary 2017). As such, over the years, I have developed several values that would not only benefit me in the field of social work, but, would be of great significance to all aspects of one’s life. As a young lady, I understood what it meant, to work tirelessly by means of ambition, determination, and fortitude that would yield great results and achieve personal satisfaction. Experiencing poverty at every junction in my life, from the privation of food, lack of money for public transportation to attend school or to even purchase school items, birthed the beliefs that I needed to earn my own money. Raised in a household with a single parent, frequently drove the conception that one day I would build a family of my own and that I would be exultant, loved and find security and financial stability. Nonetheless, as a form of endurance, I developed the spirit of being independent, creative and artistic. Likewise, being a leader came naturally to me and I became one who challenged others and enabled them to develop themselves in life and earned the emblem of being respected. The idea that I could envision making a difference in my environment and in the lives of those I came across, became one of many encouragements to pursue that dream.

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