Divergent

The way to loving life is to make it yours. And the keys to making it yours are your values. If you are out of alignment with your own personal values, then you are going to be miserable no matter what you do. Your values are personal to you. They can’t be values that are forced upon you. Let me just say this: It’s okay to respect the values of your parents, and they may have a huge influence on the things you value, buuuut at the end of the day, your values are going to be your own. And they are worth fighting for!

I do have to remind myself that it can feel divergent to fight for the things you value. Nonconformity allows room for that. When you conform to a community that doesn’t share the same values as you, you are divergent. I have two quotes. The first one from Benjamin Franklin says, “live a life worth writing about.” I think that’s just the way to do it! The second one is from the Christian Bible and says, “Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind.”

What would you give up to support your values?