Living by Ethics and Values: My Life Story

Having ethics and values it’s a basic for each person as it’s a founder of who they are as an individual. It shapes an individual’s personality whether it’s their mindset or lifestyle. These foundations setup the person and who they are and for the future but sometimes values can and do change as the human being ages. The initial institutes that teach you and set values start from family, religions, friends, mentors, work and so on. These values form principles and behaviours indicating how we determine the external and internal relationships we have with people around us.

As a young age, my values and ethics were set by my family and religion being Islam. My religion already set what was prohibited, acted, and behaved. Each parent had a duty to educate the children in the house and raise them according in ways of Allah has indicated in the Quran. As the children grow and move forward, they area factors, challenges and obstacles they face that may or may not contradict, intertwine and cross boundaries with their ethics and values. An example, having friends and wanting to go out for a break and there’s a point you want to step back from activities such as clubs, or going for a drink and these activities are prohibited to be around at all. So, the question is will you step back and follow your religion and family ethics and values or will you conform to society and friends’ expectations and pressure? Family values change over period of time from generation to generation. Expectations have been changing with society, therefore family values and individuals change to conform and be part of the season and not be left out of society. Today’s society, people tend to make decisions based on emotions and action. Pressure from either family friends tend to affects an individual depending on their environment. These pressures might lead to an issue that will make people suffer and regret at a later time.

Ethics and values guide an individual to make decision and shape them for a successful life. It all comes down to the path they pertain to take during their time of need and want. These foundations are essential part of how society was made and came to functionalize. The traits are achievable and can lead to a successful life style. At the end of the day, we ask ourselves have we made the correct choice and if not what could we have done better to improve ourselves.