Self in Determining What It Term Paper

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Do I choose things that are primarily in my best interest or do I choose based in what is best for society and then trust that the end result will be in my best interest?

There are so many choices in life and I do at times become nervous about making the right choices, however, I think with the right education and spiritual guidance I will find the path that allows me to be my best self while at the same time making the world a better place for others as well as me.

Like Rosa Parks, and countless others who daily make choices that produce change, it is those who will dare to dream of a better life, those who will risk failure, those who will make the right choices who will change themselves, their families, their businesses and organizations and yes, even their world! The ability to choose is an incredible privilege, an outstanding opportunity, and an awesome responsibility (Choice: Privilege, Opportunity and Responsibility by Chris Widener (http://www.topachievement.com/chriswidener.html)."

Religion

For many people religion is something they do on Sunday, or on holidays, if they do it at all, but for me and my personal beliefs there is no way that I can be my best self without including a spiritual foundation.

Whether one is Christian, Catholic, Wiccan, Pagan or some other faith, I believe that for a person to become the best person that they are capable of being they must have a spiritual base and must believe that there is a greater good and a higher power guiding that faith.

Throughout the world there are many millions of people right now going through spiritual changes (March 3, 2000 Bush Is Catching the Spiritual Wave by Larry Kudlow (http://article.
nationalreview.com/?q=OGE5NTM5YjAxMTAxYjFkMDZmNTM0NzA0NzEzNjg5MDQ=).As the scientific community becomes more aware of the past the present and future are more easily explained by a higher power. Whether or not evolution exists has no bearing on whether or not there is a higher power. The two can co-exist. In my world, with my goals and desires and ambition a good life must include a spiritual element in it.

I cannot believe that were here to only help ourselves. To me a good life can only happen if you are giving back to society and helping make lives better for those who are less fortunate than I am.

To this end I believe that volunteering is vital to having a good life and I also believe that giving of myself is what God intended for me to do.

A guess the end result for me is that a good life and being my best self isn't about how much money I end up making or how many houses I can buy. For me being my best self and having a good life involves knowing when I leave this world there will be people here whose lives are better because of the efforts I made to help them along the way.

If I can do that, then I have developed into being my best self and I have had a good life......

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