Scribbling Wildly

If a scientist dropped into your life today to collect empirical evidence of your stated values, would she be able to find any?

Would she be scribbling wildly in her notebook and mumbling, “Yes, there’s another example”? Or would she be scratching her head and wondering if she came to the right house? “This couldn’t possibly be the woman who so strongly values emotional connection. There’s no way this woman is deeply motivated by beauty and order. Wrong house — no evidence,” she says as she stumbles away.

Everyone ponders the age-old meaning-of-life question at some point. But isn’t it just about embodying your values, manifesting the tangible evidence of the truth that lives at your core? I’m not saying that it’s easy, but I’m definitely saying that it’s, well, actually it’s pretty easy.

Dig down to your values and let ’em shine in the real world. Give that scientist lady something to scribble wildly about.