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CREATING VALUE

ADDING VALUE SELFLESSLY
IN A SELFISH WORLD

In today’s world, it may seem our
society doesn’t practice many values.

We have seen a rise in discrimination,
abuse of power, greed, etc. What are
we leaving behind for our future
generations?

It’s time society took a hard look at its
values.

Here are some things society needs  Loyalty – Loyalty is a value that
more of:
binds us to a person, thing or

 Empathy – Empathy is sentiment. With loyalty, we do not
betray. If we all shared loyalty, it
understanding and sharing the would help us build the strength
feelings of another. People need needed to stand up against the
to understand who others are things that harm our society.
and accept who they are.
Focusing on how we can grow
together should be our ultimate  Honesty – One form of honesty in
society is accepting yourself. With
goal.
honesty, you can admit your flaws
 Respect – Mutual respect is and take the necessary steps to
improve yourself. When we can
needed for all of us. This is what admit to our flaws it can help
makes us human. Having someone else admit theirs.
respect for everyone, despite the Ultimately, we can all help each
differences between us, is vital other become better people.
in order for a society to function
well.
 Values can be contagious; if you
 Love – Having love in our practice them, many others will also,
hearts keeps us from feeling the including our children. Hopefully
more practice from all of us will
need to harm others. Love helps leave the world a better place for
us acknowledge the similarities future generations.
we all share rather than the
differences of colour, religion or
sexual orientation.

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