Personal ideals

[amulligan99]

I know this doesn't have to much to do with the books themselves but I still find this subject very interesting. A while ago I saw In the Facebook group for the storm light archive Someone asking the question of what are your personal ideals. This really stuck out to me and I started thinking and I finally came up with mine.

"I will improve myself for the benefit of others" I have always enjoyed helping other people but I found that this specific wording is key because I have been preparing for an LDS mission for the past couple of months. (And before you ask, I don't know where I'm going yet.)

"it is ok to feel as long as I keep moving" I have struggled with depression the past few years and this was a hard lesson I had to learn. For a while I would refuse to feel anything and I would just be an emotionless man plowing through life, eventually some friends helped me realize just how important it is to feel, even if the emotions are sad. After that I began to really move forward.

Now that I've shared mine I want to hear your personal ideals, and if your comfortable with it please share how or why you discovered it. Let's please keep the discussion respectful especially concerning the various struggles and goals the people have.

[Supreme King Z-arc he/him]

I really haven't thought about this before

Mine are

"I will seek the truth always and learn form it all" honesty has always been important to me and I like to understand things 

"I will always learn" I believe that something can be learned from everything and every expirenced will result in growth

I have always connected with "I will unite instead of divide, I will bring men together" I have always been a peacemaker among my siblings at home.

"I will enjoy myself" I let myself have fun and do things I enjoy. 

I also really like your second one, I am a person who is often defined by my emotions. 

Thank you for starting this 

Edited March 6, 2018 by Skip Hates Dragons
Better wording

[Iron_Ape he/him]

"Strength before Weakness"

This is one of my mainstays and I usually repeat it a few times just before a competition. While I am talking of physical strength I'm also speaking to mental fortitude and emotional strength as well. It's very important to me that I have the strength to help others, be that physical strength or otherwise.

 

"I must not fear, fear is the mind-killer"

Most will recognize this particular litany from the works of Frank Herbert and not Brandon Sanderson. Nevertheless, this is one that gets me through most of my days. The Bene Gesserit litany against fear helps me to realize that what I'm really afraid of is fear itself, fear kills the mind and takes over rational thinking. The litany calls it 'the little death that brings about total obliteration'. You must master your fear otherwise it will master you.

[1stBondsmith he/him]

"I will ere on the side of charity"- first voiced by a Bishop I worked with in Alaska, proven good advice for 20 years.

"I will not take offense, particularly when it IS intended"- Has kept me out of more trouble than you would believe.

"I will prepare myself, my mind, and my resources for situations others do not"- I have spent a great deal of time and money preparing for things other people didn't think they could do anything about. If you don't prepare, that will almost always be true. This usually comes in the form of education or practice (I'm not a "prepper" or an apocalyptic bunker dweller).

"I will not look for trouble"- You seem to bring the doom you seek.

"I will trust first, and not regret the times I shouldn't have"- it is a better world assuming good in others. Period.

 

[I Am Witless she/her]

First of all, this is a really inspirational and cool thread, and should have more comments. I don't know what my life-long ideals are, but a couple current ones are bouncing around.

"I will watch my tongue, for hasty words bring hasty recompense."

"I will be humble for the right reason."

And the greatest, "Journey before Destination. The whole point in life isn't what our end goal is, but what we will do to get there. Will I throw myself under the bus, or will I throw someone else? What are the reasons for this bus in the first place? Why do I make the decisions I do? Is this journey a short hike with friends up a small hill where we eat snacks at the top, or like that one "death march" I went on a couple years ago where I nearly got hypothermia, frostbite, was rained on, snowed on, didn't eat breakfast because I was so anxious to get out, and cried half of the way? I say revel in the journey, because it's gonna be both at some times, and we should embrace the short climbs ( or long descents wearing summer gear and wet shoes while it snows) because they, not the destination, are what we will value the most.