As usual, I'm behind.
I'm behind in my housework, I'm behind in my bills and I'm behind in school work. You know what they say about the best-laid plans...errr, right? Well, honestly, I don't know what they say, but I know it's something about how having the best plans does not always guarantee the results you expect.
But, it is what it is, so onward and upward!
John Wooden is known as being one of the greatest coaches of all time; he is one of my personal heroes, and you know I don't have many.
One of the things he is known for in his coaching and in his life, is the 7-Point Creed. See quote below:
John Wooden's Seven Point Creed,[1] given to him by his father Joshua upon his graduation from grammar school:
* Be true to yourself.
* Make each day your masterpiece.
* Help others.
* Drink deeply from good books, especially the Bible.
* Make friendship a fine art.
* Build a shelter against a rainy day.
* Pray for guidance and give thanks for your blessings every day.
If you don't know who John Wooden is, look him up--his story is quite remarkable. As I said, I deeply admire him and the things he has accomplished as a coach and as a human being. As you know, I don't say that about very many people.
In any case, your task for this week is to come up with your own 7-Point Creed and share it here. I know that I am asking a lot of you. I know that this is not something you can do in two days. And this is why I am extending the deadline until Friday night. You will really need to put a lot of thought into this. And because you are, you can be sure that this is not as assignment that will stand on its own; you will see this, in some way, again in the future.
If coming up with your creed proves difficult,ask yourself these questions to help you along:
What do I value?
What are my morals?
How do I want to be perceived by others?
What do I want my legacy to be?
What have I learned in my life?
What else do I want to learn?
Now, I certainly don't want you to answer those questions and consider that to be your creed. Remember, a creed is a sort of guideline for living, but it is also completely subjective. Look at Wooden's creed again. The statements there are kind of ambiguous and can be open to interpretation, don't you think? So, when you are doing this, try to keep that in mind. However, it is precisely BECAUSE the statements are ambiguous that you will have to explain what you mean by them, what they mean to you and why you chose them. Always the why.
What you are basically doing is creating a blueprint by which you can live your life. YOUR life. Nobody else's.
After all, who is more important than you?
substantive response/50pts
After reading the blog, I started to think about my family. My family means the word to me. I know that a lot of people say that but I really and truly mean that. My family is my life. If something happen to my family I think my life would fall apart really quick. The other thing I was thinking about was common sense. I don’t know why but I was. I feel that not a lot of people on this earth have a lot of common sense and I know that I have a lot of common sense and that I might want to share some of that...Haha. My 7-Point Creed.
ReplyDelete1. Be there for your family
2. Do what makes you happy
3. Help others that can’t help themselves
4. Don’t push the ones that love you away
5. Live each day to its fullest
6. Be willing to listen
7. Don’t let the bad things in life bring you down
Those are my 7-Point Creeds that I would live by and I think I have been. They are all I think that I have been doing throughout my life and I still think I can learn from each one every day. After writing putting them on paper I feel that I us these every day. I love my family and I will always be there for them no matter what and no matter where I am. Doing what makes me happy is just one of the little things that could make my day and could make someone else’s. Helping others when they can’t help them self, is a way to give back to someone and it will make you feel great for helping someone in need. Keep the ones that love you close and don’t push them away because one day in your life you’re going to need them to fall back on after a hard time. Living each day to its fullest is a big one because you never know when you can have your last breath of life. Listen to people and even yourself because you can learn voluble things from listening. And the last, don’t let the bad thing in life bring you down because that could mess your day up and even mess up someone else’s. Be stronger than the bad in life and just pull through it.
Here i'm going to explain my own interpretation of a seven point creed. I'm sure you've heard the expression "practice what you preach". Well here are a few tips I choose to live by as "guidlines" to live my life my way:
ReplyDelete1. Never have any regrets sitting on your shoulders for past events that you can't change.
2. Believe in yourself.
3. Don't take anything or anyone for granted, because you'll appreciate them once they're gone.
4. Understand the life you are blessed with and make sense of what you've experienced throughout your life.
5. Self confidence is the key to success.
6. Don't envy those in which you're not, just be thankful for what you are given.
7. It's better to be hated for who you are then be loved for who you're not.
I've touched upon a conglomerate of ideas that I follow everyday, honestly. How i want to be perceived by others is how i am everyday. I am what you think I am, som I'll let you do the judging. Why is everything as though it's a competition. I'm not competing against the world to see who lives a better life. If you can be satisfied with who you are, well that's good enough and that makes you unique. Getting to my legacy. "What would I want to leave behind as an influence to the coming generations?" I guess my so called legacy would sound somewhat of a narcissist. Believe in who you are and be proud of what you've become. "I'm Michael Lucia, who are you?!" This is the mentality standard I live by to succeed in life. I'm proud of my name and I have confidence in myself to advance into the future.I know I'm a winner and you are too. You just have to search within yourself to find that spark and light the way to the rest of your life. What I can say I learned in my life is God is great. I have faith in our Lord and the good book. I've also learned that people are waiting to bring you down. It's a terrible world we live in today, where noone wants anybody to do better than them. They are only satisfied when you're broke down just like they are. People can't just be happy for you, they try to find ways to strip you of your glory and pride. Well I have a news flash for everybody, nobody is bringing me down and certainly not taking away what I've obtained throughout my life. There's unlimited knowledge waiting to be unfolded, and in a broad perspective everywhere is learning. Living everyday is learning, with the universe to understand I guess i'd like to learn everything under the sun and beyond. Knowledge can only be absorbed, never taken away so learn as much as you humanly possibly can in your life, for new experiences await on your doorstep.
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ReplyDeleteIn my future, I hope to, in some way, inspire people whether I become an inspirational speaker or a writer. The way I live my life is completely positive, and in these past few days of thinking, I feel I have perfected my personal 7-Point Creed.
ReplyDelete1. Love yourself NO MATTER WHAT. My mom has always told me that you can't love someone else until you love yourself. Only you know how you want to be perceived, only you know what you want, never change yourself to make someone else happy, you come first! Through much reading I have found the perfect daily ritual. Everyday, before I leave for school, I look in the mirror, smile, and compliment myself, it is the brightest way to start my day.
2. Don't live for the day, live for your future. Not saying you shouldn't have fun, but try to think of the repercussions of your actions. What you do one day may affect the next day so don't live too freely, after all, you do want to have a bright future that you can be proud of and say, "wow, I did it" right?
3. Value the people around you. Family. Friends. Significant others, past, present and future. Take the time out every day to show them how much you truly appreciate them, especially your family. Nobody in the world has to love you forever but your family does, blood is thicker than water. It's cliche to say, "you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone" but it's the truth. Lend a helping hand, a shoulder to cry on, an ear to listen and a hug to comfort because one day you will need the same. God gave you them for a reason.
4. Keep your heart guarded, but don't be a hermit. Heartbreak is inevitable but it can hurt less if you are smarter with your emotions and what you allow people to do, only you know what is too much for you. I'm not saying be a cold lump, but don't jump at every "I love you". You're young, you have time to "love" someone else, so don't throw those words around so easily.
5. Don't do anything you'd be too afraid to tell the ones that mean the most to you. Being a teenager now is a lot harder than when our parents were younger. Sex, drugs, alcohol and just plain stupidity are everywhere nowadays. I live simply by not doing anything that I couldn't tell my dad because then I'd be ashamed of myself. Don't do anything you would be afraid to own up to, and don't listen to what haters have to say about it, be honest and they can take it or leave it.
6. Give everyone a fair chance. Everyone deserves to have friends, everyone deserves love. Treat others how you would want to be treated (cliche, again, I know). Don't assume you know someone just by looking at them, take the time to get to know them. They could be your best friend, they could be your worst enemy, they could have a story that would make you understand why they are the way they are. You'll never know unless you give them a chance.
7. Never stay sad for too long. You have your whole life ahead of you, there is no reason to grieve for things you can't change. It is understandable, however, to be upset, we're human. My rule of thumb is give yourself a set amount of days. For example, my boyfriend of 5&1/2 months broke up with me, that meant I could be sweatpants, hair-up sad for 6 days, then after that, it was healing time. If someone passes away, that's totally different, I say a week or more is acceptable, depending on how close you were with them, but no more than a month, I'm sure that person would want me to move on with my life, but never forget them.
So there you have it, Rebecca Elizabeth McCourt's 7-Point Creed.
After reading this blog it really did hit me. I thought i would have to think deeply about my 7-point creed but i didnt. My 7-point creed is my everyday life. this is what i go through or hear about everyday. I was thinking about after i read this. It made me say family over everything thats how i think it goes. But here is me 7-point creed:
ReplyDelete1)Life is short live everyday like it’s your last
2)Thank god for letting me see another day
3)Be real with yourself
4)Cherish your loved ones because they can be gone the next minute
5)Willing to listen
6)Go out there and get what’s yours
7)Be successful
I have another one that i would like to put but since its only 7 of them. Imma make this one my 8Th one go hard or go home thats what i think.
Thinking about this blog and seeing the meaning of it i decided that i dont have a 7 point creed that i follow and i dont think anyone should have one. But this would be My 7 point creed I would pass to my children in the time of my death if it was the only thing i could tell them
ReplyDelete1.Explore Life
2.Plan your goals
3.Respect the goals of others
4.Learn and Teach
5.Find love
6.Achieve Longevity
7.Die
The last one may seem like a little to deep but what i mean is life wont go on and i live by the fact that to live a full life you have to Die so i would want my children to know it all eventually ends and i would want them to accept that end .
My 7 point creed would have to be
ReplyDelete1. Be a leader not a follower meaning don’t do something just because you see someone else doing it be your own person and more people would look up to you for that
2.live for today and not for tomorrow because you shouldn’t put off what you can do today because your never promised tomorrow
3.Never bother someone about something that you can do for yourself
4.be grateful for all the things you have and stop complaining about all the things you don’t.
5.respects others if you aspect to get respect back.
6.Take care of your family because when they gone they don’t come back.
7.Make something out of yourself /being successful
It took me a while to try to think about what my creed would be and I figured that the first rule to live by is always put family first people will come and go into your life but the people you’re stuck with is your family and you have to learn to love them and always put them before everybody. Whenever I am about to make a big decision I think on how it will affect my family you always have to make sure that you keep your family good and close to you. With that said my second rule to live by is never follow anyone blindly you always have to make your own decisions and never truly trust what someone else says you should make your own decisions. I made this mistake a couple of times I trusted people too much and got myself into very bad situations by doing so. The third rule is always believe in yourself , no matter what you do the main person that you have to have faith in is yourself, there are times when life gets rough and you mess up and you feel like you are the worst person in the world but no matter what you can have to stick it out and have faith in yourself you can never give up on yourself, in the past I made a big mistake I thought that I ruined everything and there was no way in the world that I could make it better but I stuck it out and in the end everything came together for the better. The fourth rule is never be scared to ask for help, when I was younger I was always scared to ask for help because I didn’t want to bother anyone so I just dug myself into deeper wholes and made things worse. But, as I grew up I realized that no one in the world can get through life by themselves eventually you will need help and there’s no reason to be scared to do it. The 5th rule is make the friends that you want, no matter where you go there are people that are leaches they pretend to be your friend but really they just use your friendship for their benefit. These are never the type of people you want to have surrounding you, you want to set yourself up with friends that are truly your friends not just around you for their benefit. The 6th rule is treat others the way you want to be treated it sounds kind of cheesy but I am serious you should never just go around treating people like crap if you treat people with respect than 9 times out of 10 they will do the same in return. Its karma you always want to put out positive things into the world so that positive things will come to you. Every once in a while you might run into a person who takes your kindness for weakness and in that situation you have to do what you have to in order to show that you’re not some push over and that’s fine but most people will respect you if you do the same for them. My last and final rule to live by don’t wait there are so many people that I meet and whom I’m friends with that are just throwing their lives away as if there waiting for someone to just come and save them from their problems and just continue doing the same thing every day you have to take actions in your own hand if you want something go out and get it there is no such thing as a little fairy that comes around and helps everyone out you have to do it yourself. I don’t know if these are the best rules to live by but after the 17 teen years I have spent on this earth, these are the things I have learned to follow that get me through each day.
ReplyDeleteWe all live our lives in different ways, some
ReplyDeleteOf us think we have better lives than others because we have more materials things, but thats not true. Its our morals, our ways of approaching different situations and our decisions that separate us from the rest. My 7-point creed covers about every point of my life.
1. Physical strength will only get you so far the rest has to come from "upstairs"
If you can solve a dispute without having to fight someone, youve already won
2. Always be grateful for what you have
Even though you See other people with all these material things, theres no way you should feel jealous. If anything you should feel ambition to succeed like them.
3. Dont put meaningless people before you and get rid of people who dont deserve the best of you. Pick your friends wisely and dont let anyone judge you.
4. Always ask for the respect you deserve, do not let anyone walk over you. We're all human, we were all created equally.
5. Remain humble, even if you reach success. Remember that you didn't always have everything, remember those people that helped you get to where you are today, or the people that were there when you most needed them.
6. Do not take anyone for granted. People may tell you they love you, they care about you, but no matter what, never take their love for granted because they may turn their back on you when you least expect it. Its something ive learned recently.
7. Last but not least, do not hide your feelings , always take chances,chase success and be real because that's how you're going to meet the right people. Success isn't going to come to you so chase it and be real with how you feel because hiding your feelings is only going to make you feel fake.
By: Chelsea Tuthill
ReplyDelete7 point creed:
1.Be loyal to your friends and family
2.stay focused on your future
3.have no regrets
4.do the best you can
5.dont judge others
6.give mercy even to your enemys
7.be kind
After reading this blog i thought long and hard on my 7 creeds and these are mine. The first creed Be Loyal to friends and family basicaly means dont stathem in the back or dont rat them out. The second Stay Focused on your future means even if you've had a bad past dont let it ruin your future.Thired Have No Regrets means dont do anything worth regreting. Forth,Do The Best You Can means even if you didn't do it exacly as planed as long as you tried thats what counts.Number 5 Dont Judge Others you dont want to go and say that someone is stupid because they act like it because for all you know they could be the most brillent person out their.Number 6 Give Mercy Even To Your Enemys because if you dont give that person mercy that just makes you just as bad as they are.And last but not least Be kind Dont be rude to someone you just met because it might come back to bite you on the ass. So there you have it my 7 point creed.
My 7-point creed
ReplyDelete1. To make friends and not enemies-What I mean by this is that never be looking to make enemies or you won’t have anybody always make friends the more you have the less chance you ever be alone
2. Never let others tell you that you can’t do something-Don’t let what others say keep you from doing what you want to do just do it and if you find out that you can’t than you say I learn from my mistakes
3. Always lend a helping hand if needed-At any time that there is someone in need you should help not only will you possibly make a friend but you just get a good feeling after helping someone.
4. Always be open to suggestions and ideas on anything-Be all ears when people try to help you and give advice but choose wisely to use the advice because you never know if you use that advice it could get you into trouble or you go places with it
5. Cherish everything and everybody that you have-Always be thankful for what you have because some people don’t have what you have and one day if something happens those people or things that you have could disappear
6. Learn all you can learn –Every chance that you get to learn you should take it because the more you learn the farther you will get and a better person you will become and fewer mistakes you might make
7. Live life one day at a time-Never expect anything just let it come at you if you were meant to have it you will so just live life like you do every other day and be happy
This is my 7-point creed I try to live by this every day and I would want my children to live by it also.
Staying true to my family, friends, and myself is very important to me. I hope the positive words I peach and live by continue guiding me to my future and many days after that. Not only does my creed inspire me to always be positive but I also hope it inspires the people who mean most in my life. After thinking about my most important things I live by I noticed most of it was want other people expected me to live by. There are a lot of people in my life but this is my life I want to live now and in my future and nobody else’s, this is my seven-point creed.
ReplyDelete1) Be thankful for all you have, many people are not thankful for what they have always talking about what they don’t have. I think this is important being if you really see what you really have it could change your life and how you look at things.
2) Be true to yourself, if your always true to yourself and don’t have to act what you think you need to it could make you have better confidence. When you act your self you don’t need to pretend. You are stress-free and could prevent people around to to be stress-free also. It will make life easily.
3) Appreciate and Love your family, not everyone has a family to eat dinner with at a table, someone to talk to, or get the chance to trust. Appreciating your family and knowing they are there can help you become a better person. You only have one family and when they are gone they are gone.
4) Keep faith and love in your heart always, faith could help you when you think you can’t go any future. It inspires you to keep going. God is always there and he loves everyone. Even though you can’t see him he sees you. With the love of him in your heart and strong love at that could make you think positive and get through hard times.
5) What you do in this life echoes in eternity, when you do someone bad or good comes back to you. When you do something bad I believe there is a hell and heaven. There is a gate to heaven and god has the say. You chose how you want to live you life and how you want it to be in your after life.
6) Never judge a book by its cover; you should never judge someone by how they look seen to be, or how they express themselves to be. You will not make it far if you judge. You shouldn’t judge or point fingers unless your hands are clean. Do to others as if you want them to do to you. You could always see the outside but there’s always a surprise inside. Learn the person within.
7) Practice what you preach, you shouldn’t say something and not do it for yourself. People who give advice should take there own always. I know it is harder to take you own advice but it could help you grow and become stronger. Advices from others are usually set up to be a failure. If you take your own advice you know you are being true to yourself.
* respect others and you will be respected.
ReplyDelete* without commitment, nothing gets done.
* who eats well, lives well.
* absents makes the heart grow fonder
* money to get power, power to protct money.
* without jelousy, there is no love.
* if winning isnt everything than why keep score
Everybody has a certain way they go about living their lives. Whether they know it or not we all have our own 7 point creed that we follow. The only difference in them, are what they consist of. I think mine is moral enough and I try to live by it every day.
ReplyDelete1. Do not make fun of others.
2. Do what you think is right
3. Always be willing to forgive someone
4. Do things for others before your self
5. Help anyone in need
6. Never think your above any one
7. Be nice
Over the years I’ve seen that it really sucks to be on the opposite ends of my creed. Such as the kid who gets made fun of, or having friends that are so into themselves. I know that if everyone followed my creed, then a lot more people could be really happy with their lives. It takes everyone to make something like this work correctly. This is just what I feel would benefit everyone.
1 Show respect to the people that deserve it.and more importently for yourslef, i always see kids that have no repect for anyone teachers coaches parents anyone and the do stupid things that shows they will do anything for attetion.
ReplyDelete2.whatever you do,do the best you can. the key to being sucsesseful is to always make yourself better and if your the best at what you do peope will look up to you
3.always help other people to the best of your ablitey.Good karma can go a long way and people that will help you are always a great asset.
4.never let yourslef or others get in the way. you have to be able to push threw diversity your mind is your biggest enemy you have to be able to control it.
5.show self control.if you can control your emotions you can do anything. if you let your emotions contol you you can end up doing something stupid and make your situation worse.
6.never give up.you have to go though life with with a never say die attitude you have to know that if you dont quit you will always find a way to come out on top
7.the object to everything in life is to win.you have to belive you cant be beat the object is to win fairly and by the rules but to win
My seven point creed is:
ReplyDelete1 Learn from yesterday. Everybody makes mistakes everyday. I especially makes mistakes everyday. so 1 of my goals to learn from my mistakes so i wont do them again. This will help me be a better person.
2 Live for today. Me living for today is a blessing from God to let me live another day. I could be dead but I think God that he didnt call me up to Heaven yet.
3 Hope for Tomorrow. Me hoping for tomorrow is another day i can stay on earth and be the best i can be. The more days i spend the older i get and the more i come to reaching my dreams in life.
4 Being Loyal. Everyone in this world should be loyal but obviously there not. Everyone should be dedicated and remain faithful to others. I considered myself loyal because i respecet others and im dedicated to do better in life.
5 Forgiving. I feel as i should forgive others even though if they disrespected me or did something bad to me. The reason is because God forgives everyone so i feel as i should do the same and forgive others
6 Getting Power. One day i will have power. When i become a pilot im sure i will have power over the plane. you have to get respect in order to have power. So basically you have to work your way up in life to gain it. Its not an overnight thing it takes time.
7 Living life to the fullest. Everyday you should live your life to the fullest. you never know if its going to be your last day so you should be happy and if your not then you should atleast try. No one wants to leave this earth misearable.
For some reason I feel that im older on the inside then i am on the outside. Its not just because of who i see myself as, it also has to do with other peoples insight to who i am. So by thinking up a seven point creed it is very easy to create and explain myself.
ReplyDelete1.First off you gotta remember that its your life, you cant live for someone else. Alot of people just go through life living by example of someone else. To do that is to be but a shadow of what you think someone is. Just making your own decisions is enough to make you follow your heart. Paying attention to your own personal wants is how you find yourself. Though you will need to know what is worth wanting to begin with by some outside source.
2.So next is you can never be to smart, no matter how much you know. It is always good to humble yourself and learn something new. You will find that humbling yourself will make you grow as a person inside and out. Some people just think the world of themselves and in their great ego create a dillusion where they are genius. To refrain from arrogance of human nature be sure to "check yourself, fool" before you wreck yourself.
3.Next always remember that tomorrow will be different. If today was a great day dont for a secound believe tomorrow wont be. It is the power of the individual over the power of the situation. So by assuming the best possible out look on life is the best possible way to over come bad situations. Unless its something real terrible like the loss of a loved one or something monumental like that. Still even then you have to grieve as your best possible solution. Always in times of peace remember that peace is not forever so kick back and smile at the moment for it may be your last.
4.Never let depression hold you back from anything. Use it as a means for an end and make your life better. Only you have the power to control your life and situations. So if you do not like how you are living change what you wish to change. No matter what anyone tells you you can or cant do, you can make change for the better. As long as it isnt something impossible like super powers but its nice to dream.
5.Create a plausable dream that you can rely on and follow it. When people say dont shoot to high and dont shoot to low they're wrong. It's where ever you would like your imaginary dream dart to fly. So practice your aim you can always get better at throwing. By having a goal no matter how big or small you have set yourself up for greatness. To pursue that goal or dream is to take life by the "cohones" and get what you want.
6. Remember kindness is key to being satisfyed with social situations. If your always angry you wont make many friends. It is easier to attract people with kindness because no matter how weird you are there will always be eccentric people to keep you company. Even if someone is a complete you know what head treat them nicely and you will be surprised how different they are on the inside. Some people just need a friend to talk to and im always there to make the aquantince.
7.Make the best of what you got because for now it is yours. Take a bad situation and turn it a hundred and eighty degrees around. By making things as good as they can be you start to lose sight of needless wanting. When people lose sight of whats really important they adopt things as their want. When all anyone really wants is a friend to talk to. Also even someone to love them for who they are. They may even lose sight of who they are if they're to consumed but everyone can change. In the end just always take the best of what you can from a situation its a way of survival.