Comments on: Values http://jimazing.com/blog/2007/05/values/ A jimazing view of the world Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:10:09 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: jimazing http://jimazing.com/blog/2007/05/values/comment-page-1/#comment-113 jimazing Thu, 17 May 2007 01:03:32 +0000 http://esc111.midphase.com/~jimaand2/blog/?p=57#comment-113 Great questions, Paul. I am a real fan of great questions too. Easy answer first. The diagram was done in FreeMind, which is a great little open source mindmapping tool. You can find it here http://freemind.sourceforge.net As to how this clarification of values has been helpful to me... if you could see the rest of my diagram, (email me if you would like to see it) you would see that this diagram is just part of the left half of the equation (the "be" side). On the left side of the diagram are: my values, my strengths, what makes me come alive and what frustrates me. These are all about who I am. Exploring these things is taking me to greater and greater depths of understanding who it is that God has made me to be. My spiritual gifts. I believe that when the NT lists different spiritual gifts, it is not meant to be taken as an exhaustive list. We are all different and I believe that those differences are there for a reason. I believe that when our talents, gifts and strengths are enfused with God's Holy Spirit, they become spiritual gifts. The exploration of my own values is just my special way of learning more about who God made me to be. I find that the more I learn about me, the better decisions I can make and the more effective I can be at whatever I do. The right side of the diagram (the "do" side), I have listed different areas of my life; roles, if you will. For each of these roles, I am drawing out a vision. I can dream about what life could be like in each of these life areas (my vision) with my values clearly visible on the left side. They help me remember what is important to me. This is the "do" side because it is about what I desire to do to intentionally incorporate into my life who I believe God made me to be. This exploration is a process that feel sure I will continue in some way the rest of my life. Why am I so sure? because I have been at it as long as I can remember. I am sure I will find other tools to use along the way, but when I stop asking these questions, you had better check my pulse. Thanks for asking! Great questions, Paul. I am a real fan of great questions too.

Easy answer first. The diagram was done in FreeMind, which is a great little open source mindmapping tool. You can find it here http://freemind.sourceforge.net

As to how this clarification of values has been helpful to me… if you could see the rest of my diagram, (email me if you would like to see it) you would see that this diagram is just part of the left half of the equation (the “be” side). On the left side of the diagram are: my values, my strengths, what makes me come alive and what frustrates me. These are all about who I am. Exploring these things is taking me to greater and greater depths of understanding who it is that God has made me to be. My spiritual gifts.

I believe that when the NT lists different spiritual gifts, it is not meant to be taken as an exhaustive list. We are all different and I believe that those differences are there for a reason. I believe that when our talents, gifts and strengths are enfused with God’s Holy Spirit, they become spiritual gifts. The exploration of my own values is just my special way of learning more about who God made me to be. I find that the more I learn about me, the better decisions I can make and the more effective I can be at whatever I do.

The right side of the diagram (the “do” side), I have listed different areas of my life; roles, if you will. For each of these roles, I am drawing out a vision. I can dream about what life could be like in each of these life areas (my vision) with my values clearly visible on the left side. They help me remember what is important to me. This is the “do” side because it is about what I desire to do to intentionally incorporate into my life who I believe God made me to be.

This exploration is a process that feel sure I will continue in some way the rest of my life. Why am I so sure? because I have been at it as long as I can remember. I am sure I will find other tools to use along the way, but when I stop asking these questions, you had better check my pulse. Thanks for asking!

]]> By: Paul http://jimazing.com/blog/2007/05/values/comment-page-1/#comment-112 Paul Wed, 16 May 2007 19:58:06 +0000 http://esc111.midphase.com/~jimaand2/blog/?p=57#comment-112 I can see some ways that this kind of "values clarification" could be helpful How has it been helpful for you, particularly? On an unrelated note, how did you make that nice-looking diagram? MS Word? I can see some ways that this kind of “values clarification” could be helpful How has it been helpful for you, particularly?

On an unrelated note, how did you make that nice-looking diagram? MS Word?

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