We should make some research on the personal evaluations and beliefs which have great impact on our daily life and decisions we made every day. By making some study and surveys of our human values, we can hold our life in our own hands instead of living our lives with confusion and muddle. Moreover, by making some research of human values, we can have deeper understanding of how to get along with others and how to see the world. And I believe that the research of human values will make great contributions to the development of the society.

During my holiday, I go back to my hometown with my fellows and meet my parents and many relatives and friends. As family is the root of my life, I cannot help thinking my parents and relatives every day when I am in America. Family and parents are the most important part of my life because it is my parents and my hometown that make who I am. I will never forget my hometown and my parents no matter where I am. As it is very hot there, I go swimming and eat some delicious dinner with my friends. As the old saying goes,” When we are at home, we depend on our parents; when we are out of home, we depend on friends.” Friends are also an essential part of my life. Since the days I entered kindergarten, I realize the importance of friends. My friends are honest and helpful. Whenever I need friends, they stand right by my sides. When I want to cry, they let me cry on their shoulders and encourage me to face the difficulties. Sometimes, I will go to gym in order to improve my body and make me stronger. Health is very important for us. Though we do not realize the importance of health when we are children, we begin to keep close eyes on health when we grow up. At the evening, I listen to music and do some reading. I think reading can improve our wisdom, which is very important to us. We can get more knowledge by reading and be more careful when we have the same problems with the books. Wisdom is to us what water is to plant. And I also write diary before I go to bed. Not only little nothings of daily life are included, but also some novels and articles which are written by me are included in my diary. By writing, I develop my creativity. I think only when we are creative, can we make more inventions to improve our daily life. And creativity can make me happy and I think happiness is very important. Thanks to this assignment, I have deeper understanding of values and I really think it is essential for us to learn more about values.

• Family
• Friendship
• Health
• Wisdom
• Creativity

Security

Personal Accomplishment

Independence

Community

Personal Development

Wealth

Integrity

Leadership

Loyalty

Prestige

Service

Expertness

Power

Location

 

The reading relating to value is interesting to me because it brought me a lot of ideas about values. What one of the greatest idea that I agree with is value is sort of a life standard forcing us to do what follow your belief. Like the article says “Although the term value is often use loosely, it should be synonymous with personal evaluations and related beliefs, especially personal evaluations and related beliefs about the “good”, the “just,” and the “beautiful,” personal evaluations and beliefs that propel us to action, to a particular kind of behavior and life.” (Page 7) People always talks about values, such as personal value, social value and cultural value and so on. Just like my friends and I, we are always talking about our values because it is a way that we try to understand each other. However, sometimes we are more like just saying something rather than talking about value because value should be used more seriously. Personally, value is about what you believe in, it should help people to standardize their actions and behaviors, so when we talking about value, at least we should follow it. I have heard a story says: Someone asked a question “If you were given a piece of paper, how would you do?” Farmer’s answer is “I will use this piece of paper to cover window from sun exposure. Artist answers that I will use this piece of paper to cut into a beautiful picture, and use it to beautify my life. Painter’s answer is “ I will use this piece of paper to create a perfect scenery making people enjoying in this landscape. Scholar answers I will use this piece of paper to write down my study. This story expresses that different people seeks to accomplish their values in different ways, but the way to success is acting as you believe in rather than just saying.