These are my core beliefs for the life I lead, but as I read them, I see that they easily translate to all that I do.  I may fail daily of living up to my own code of honor, but in all I do, I try to ask myself, does this match who I am and who I want to be? That started with clearly identifying exactly WHO that is, and that is where this list came from.

MY CORE BELIEFS:
- I believe honesty, above all things, is sacred. Dishonesty removes choice from other people and that is not my right. I choose to spend my life with others who share this belief
- I believe that all things are incrementally attainable
- I believe learning is as much about experience as it is about school
- I believe knowledge is elusive and no one knows everything about anything
- I believe that imagination should never be limited by what we can see, but instead be encouraged by all things we can’t see. (I believe in possibility)
- I believe that the rewards that come in the next life far outshine any trial or tribulation I choose to live in this lifetime (I believe there is more to life than what I alone experience)
- I believe that my human understanding is limited and that one day I will have all the answers to all the questions that are no longer important.
- I believe we have a debt to existence to help those less fortunate than us
- I believe history is a gift and I travel to preserve it’s value
- I believe innocence is precious and I should seek to preserve it when I find it, not destroy it.
- I believe my greatest responsibility lies in loving my children as God would love them
- I believe in using the term “God” as it is meaningful to me. To encompass an ideal of fate, of nature, of a universal consciousness, of something greater than humanity, of something I know exists but cannot and do not need to define or limit
- I believe words are the greatest gift and the greatest weapon and people should put more thought into how they use them
- I believe that pessimism and fear impede progress and that blind faith and rash action lead to failure. Practical optimism is the key to success.
- I believe in the wisdom of my parents in spite of their mistakes
- I believe every life is blessed but that I can save more by understanding than I can by passing judgement
- I believe in the beauty born in every living thing. I should look more closely for the beauty.
- I believe that there are no excuses; everything is a choice and you make it
- I believe that life is best not lived in the finding what I look for, but instead in the finding what is true. I will not search for the love I think I want, but instead allow my life to write the love story that is mine.
- I believe Love is a gift best lived as the irreplaceable moments we choose to share with another. I value my relationships to acknowledge the choice they are making to share them with me.
- I believe my experiences are a gift that I should use to help others
- I believe that no one should have to hide who they are. I should strive to be my authentic self and likewise strive to accept those in my life as who they are on the path to discovering their authentic selves.
- I believe life is more vibrant with family than without
- I believe that family has nothing to do with blood
- I believe I was meant to be shared. Body, mind, soul and spirit