What is my personal creed



What is my personal creed?

A creed is defined as any system of principles or beliefs, a statement of belief, or the ethical standards that guide one’s life.

In other words, a creed is a commitment to one’s beliefs and values. It can be written as a list of beliefs and principles, or as an affirmation of the laws that govern one’s life. It can be as short as one line, and as lengthy as the U.S. Constitution. It can also be written as a series of “I believe” statements.

Your homework assignment is to come up with your own personal creed. Think of what is important to you. What laws and beliefs govern your life? What do you value in these areas of your life: the spiritual, the personal, the moral, and the educational? Your creed must include four statements of belief.

The assignment is due Monday. It can either be typed, or if you want to be creative, you can make it artistic. It cannot be hand-written.

To get you started, here are some examples of creeds.

Ms. Rhor’s creed:

I believe that love can conquer hate, that kindness can break barriers and that we should try to leave the world better than we found it.

I believe that we should respect our fellow human beings, reach out to the poor and the powerless, and rejoice in our blessings.

I believe in the power and the magic of the written word, the satisfaction that comes from hard work, and the comfort we derive from our family and friends.

I believe that life is a miracle, and every sunrise brings a chance for a new beginning.

Walt Whitman, from the preface to Leaves of Grass:

This is what you shall do: Love the earth and sun and the animals, despise riches, give alms to every one that asks, stand up for the stupid and crazy, devote your income and labor to others, hate tyrants, argue not concerning God, have patience and indulgence toward the people, take off your hat to nothing known or unknown or to any man or number of men, go freely with powerful uneducated persons and with the young and with the mothers of families, read these leaves in the open air every season of every year of your life, re-examine all you have been told at school or church or in any book, dismiss whatever insults your own soul; and your very flesh shall be a great poem and have the richest fluency not only in its words but in the silent lines of its lips and face and between the lashes of your eyes and in every motion and joint of your body

Bessie Anderson Stanley, “Success”

He has achieved success who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much;

Who has enjoyed the trust of pure women, the respect of intelligent men and the love of little children;

Who has filled his niche and accomplished his task;

Who has never lacked appreciation of Earth’s beauty or failed to express it;

Who has left the world better than he found it,

Whether an improved poppy, a perfect poem, or a rescued soul;

Who has always looked for the best in others and given them the best he had;

Whose life was an inspiration;

Whose memory a benediction.

Ralph Waldo Emerson:

To laugh often and love much; to win the respect of intelligent persons and the affection of children; to earn the approbation of honest citizens and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to give of one’s self; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to have played and laughed with enthusiasm and sung with exultation; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived—this is to have succeeded.

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