Try These Core Value Exercises After Mindful Reading
Written by Joanna Zuno 7/19/2021
When you read something for your spiritual appetite, how often do you consider bringing the values encompassed in your own life? Do you feel you can possess those values head on, day-to-day? Are there situations getting in the way? With the Core Value Exercises, you can help evaluate yourself on a personal and spiritual level while also getting to know yourself better.
Step One: Make a List of Your Values
After reading something that drives your spiritual and emotional focus you should immediately make a list of values before embarking on personal fulfillment. Ask yourself: What do I value? Maybe you read an inspirational biography of a guru achieving enlightenment by climbing the highest mountain top, do you then value discipline? If so, write discipline as your value. Maybe you read a book with anecdotes of family relationships like Chicken Soup for the Soul series, do you value honesty? Then put that as a value. Once you compose a list, compare and circle the ones that you believe encompass you as a person.
Step Two: Imagine Utilizing Your Values
This sounds ridiculous, I know, but this is a doable thought exercise. The exercise is to put yourself in the position, and ask yourself what the value means to you, and imagine in all aspects where you would utilize it. For example, I value honesty, but another synonymous word to it, truth. What is truth to me? Well, it helps me acquire what I need to know essentially to move on, and be braver and bolder than when I once was. And I can imagine being truthful to my family, to my friends, in a given situation that I know that will ease it better than telling a lie. Truth is my core value.
Step Three: Brining it to the Real World
Now, after imagining yourself in your personal simulations, it’s time to ask yourself how you would bring them to light in a real world response. How would you facilitate the core value that defines you in an everyday situation? Do you see yourself using discipline when it comes to giving attention to immediate tasks? Do you see yourself being more honest in the next conversation you have with a friend or family member. This is the time to put the “true you,” the one that encompasses these core values. These actions do not have to be grand, it’s all about changing the trajectory on how you see yourself.
Step Four: Have Little Reminders of Your Core Values
It’s always important that we remind ourselves that we can become greater when we want to be. That being said, put your little list of core values somewhere where you can see it everyday before you leave the house so you can remind yourself “hey, I can be that.” Always have that as a reminder that the greatness you can achieve is being true to yourself and what you hold close to you in value.
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