Values, Standards, Do I even Care?

“I've also seen that great men are often lonely. This is understandable, because they have built such high standards for themselves that they often feel alone. But that same loneliness is part of their ability to create.” - Yousuf Karsh

Everyday people in the World wake up with one or two thoughts on their mind. Money and how can I get more of it. We fall into this series of actions to create more money in our pockets and more gains as social status. We have often looked at the World and see false levels to which we must build.



A B Side fan, Blake Fluhart, once said to me "A patriot is a lonely man at first". As we strive to become our best self we continually set higher standards. Yet sometimes we become lopsided in our standards. We tend to build them in a financial realm, yet sometimes we forget about our family. We tend to focus on our physical realm, yet we leave our mind alone and fail to exercise it.

As I look at the how liberal our country is, it lead me to ponder the country of The United States. As our ancestors came to this land in search of freedom, truth, and the opportunity to prosper; they built a World for the citizens here to be able not only to survive, yet the opportunity to thrive. As they built this country, it was built upon principles, standards, and values. This was built as a Christian nation seeking the opportunity to worship their God openly and how they may with the conception that it was only as a benefit to their own lives and the lives of others. The Christian principle of "Love thy God with all thy heart, with all they soul, and with all thy mind... love thy neighbour as thyself." (Matthew 22:37-39). All over the World many great leaders from Gandhi to Buddha have taught similar principles in their actions and their writings. As we see these principles are true standards to rise up to a higher level of happiness not only for an individual, yet for a people.

Now on television we see slowly our standards and values slipping away, and more and more of us slipping into the trap of lowering our standards. We have seen in with our politicians, we have heard of it with our religious leaders, with in large corporations. And the natural instinct is to point fingers, to blame individuals, and to ridicule these people.

The B Side To the Truth is to be able to Change the World by changing yourself. B Side fan, Casey Williams, wrote as one of her favorite quotes from Gandhi "Be the change you wish to see in the World." If we wish to see this change in our country, and in our World, it must start within each one of us. It will feel lonely at first and often times difficult. Many of us have been caught in the trap of lowering our standards in search to fit in or to find happiness. The reality is we must raise our standards and fit out to make a difference. And through the energy in which we create, a light will be seen from within to inspire those around us.

Colton - Discover your true'ness'