- Family: Family is the value that I hold most important in my life. To me, Family encompasses many more values inside of it. For example, I incorporate the values of love, friendship, and loyalty all in the value of family.
- Happiness: Happiness is an important value to me because anything in life can be accomplished with a positive attitude. The value of happiness also engulfs the value of humor. Laughter is the best medicine.
- Independence: Though I rely a lot on my family, I also am very driven to be my own person and have my own unique qualities that make me who I am. I also like to know that I am strong enough to do things on my own.
- Integrity: I think that having integrity is a necessity to keeping myself accountable for my actions. Someone very close to me would always tell me “Don’t sacrifice integrity for points!”, and I think that is a lesson that has stuck with me.
- Respect: Something I have strongly believed in since I was little is that everyone deserves to be respected. Everyone has different views and a different story, and that is a part of what makes them who they are. However, this does not define a person, and I think that is something we all have to respect.
Ashleigh Varney 