What are your personal core values, and what do they mean to you?

Very fitting to this week's blog assignment, I just got out of a values based leadership conference called Something of Value through PHA. Starting off this morning I was half excited to be getting more involved but half dreading the fact that I was probably going to be hearing the same old information that's said at every other conference. To my surprise, I had a very positive and enlightening experience. The opening speaker started off the morning by reading aloud each sorority's mission. Hearing her read off all of them together like that really made me realize how similar each chapter really is. We all have a common goal of standing for something greater than ourselves and working to uphold respectable values. Shortly after, we listed off values that we each strive to possess such as honesty, respect, responsibility, accountability and positivity. Many of these values were ones that I share in and work to uphold in my daily life. It was very enlightening to know that I not only share common values with my sisters but with other women within PHA as well. We all have more in common than we may think!