Values Reviewer

Emotions – natural as the air you breathe or the water you drink. It is a feeling deep within you. You
cannot escape this.

- Happy
- Sad (everyone has encountered at one point in life)
- Angry (an emotion that seems to test your character)
o Anger is an emotion that brings out the worst in you.
- Enthusiasm (give you a sense of energy and excitement)
o This is when you are enthusiastic that you try to do lots of things that interests
you.
o Being moody is a tricky emotion. You may feel indifferent or easily irritated.

When making a decision, one should balance both what he or she feels and thinks. One should consider
facts and analyze the pros and cons of the situation.

Prudence – makes one consider well both his or her feelings and thoughts in a particular situation. When
a person has this, the skill of good judgement is applied. One does not base his or her actions on feelings
but also uses intelligence to determine the best action or solution to a problem.

Fortitude – we need to cope with challenges in life (the courage to go on in life despite difficult
experiences).

- This will also help us manage our emotions. It will give us patience to endure sadness
and anger.
- Fortitude gives us the tool to manage sudden shifts of emotions. It will help us focus on
our goals.

“Life is not a bed of roses” – One problem comes after another.

Managing one’s emotion takes a lot of fortitude and prudence.

Our parents are the ones we follow. They have the authority to say what needs to be done at
home. It is our parents who showed us what being leaders are supposed to be.

Our principal is the leader of the entire school. The teachers are our leaders in our classroom.
The officers are our elected classmates whose main task is to help the teacher manage the class.

Leaders are very important because they help a group of people accomplish their objectives. They are
the captains of the ship, so to speak. They are the ones who manage the people.
A good leader is a good follower. A leader is first a follower. True leadership leads by example. The true
leaders are able to command because they know how to follow. A true leader also seeks self-growth and
self-development knowing that these will benefit the people he or she leads. A true leader is always
updated with the skills necessary in effective leadership.

True leaders are compassionate. They know the needs of their people and respond to the best of their
ability.

True leaders are selfless. True leaders are servants.

ABS-CBN launched “bayan mo, Ipatrol mo”; “ako ang simula” a nationwide campaign to make every
citizen responsible to report any election irregularity.

True leaders are always needed to counteract those who seek to lead for selfish motives. As the saying
goes “It is not enough for good people to do well; they should also correct the bad that is being done in
society.”

Self-knowledge is one of the most important duties you have to perform. It will make you a better
person and will allow you to do your different roles effectively.

Our families are the first to influence the kind of persons that we are. Our friends also have influenced
the person that we have become. Our friends have become our second family.

Family oriented society – a society that values family, a society that says we are one big happy family.

- Thinks about what is good for each member of a family. Its primary aim is to promote
what is good for the family, knowing that it is the basic unit of society.

OFW – modern day heroes

There are plenty of blessings in our lives and all we need to do is to be thankful for them. But the
most important blessing are the people who are close to us.

There are 2 important words that can make a person smile: Thank you.

This makes them smile because it makes them feel appreciated.

The 2000 American Movie “Pay it forward” shows how it is to express gratitude to those who helped us.

Affirming others is an act of kindness. It promotes goodness and may just changes the world with one
thank-you at a time.

Entitlement mentality – you feel the world owes you a lot so whatever good deed is done to you is
something you expect and deserve.

Grateful mentality – a feeling of being undeserving of such blessing.

 Smirk – a silly smile, that gesture which expresses you dislike to do household chores that you
are forced to do.

Respect and obedience – two important values in relation to people who are older than us.

Po and opo – a sign of upbringing and respect

Respect – a recognition of their wisdom and authority in the family and the community.

Obedience – following orders, instructions, or simple favors asked from us be people we respect.

Love for our elders makes our acts of obedience a sign of our respect for them.

“Respect is not demanded; it is earned.”

We obey out of respect. Respectful obedience is rendered out of justice and love.

Dilemma – when a person is not sure of what to do exactly. It makes you aware that everything
is not black or white. It is only after you have analyzed and examined the different choices that you can
arrive at your best possible answer.

Doing what is good is easy because they are always taught what is right from wrong. But when
peoples are in complicated situation, doing what is good may be difficult because the feelings of the
persons involve have to be considered.

“To be or not to be-that is the question” by William Shakespeare (the greatest English dramatist).

The DSWD has issued a rule against giving money to street children because such practice does not truly
help them-it simply encourages those children to stay and beg.

It is easier to do good deeds if you are aware of what others truly need.

Being good is doing good. But it is not enough to do good, one should know precisely what is needed to
be done, at a specific situation, to a specific person. Doing good is a manifestation of a far deeper
emotion which we call compassion.

Compassion – is feeling what the other person feels. It is putting yourself in the situation of another
person and understanding his or her feelings. It is as if you were the person who is suffering.

Compassion is more than feeling sorry for someone. It is an emotion that should bring you to action.
True compassion is understanding that rejection is a terrible feeling. So, you will try to find a way that he
or she will not feel rejected but still be honest enough to say that you see him or her as a good friend. It
is not blatantly telling the person that you do not like him or her.

You see many urban slum dwellers who may be living in some areas, such as under the bridges of esteros
or canals, or in the middle of a highway. True compassion for them is helping them get out of the slums,
knowing that the slums are never safe places for them to live in.

Compassion – requires knowing that real needs of other people.

Compassion should lead to transformation. It is transformation that begins in you and will lead to the
transformation of society. Compassion results only in doing good deeds without expecting something in
return. Compassion leads to selfless actions. It transforms you and when you transform yourself, you
contribute to the betterment of society.

Compassion recognizes that you have been blessed to do something for others even if you have your
own problems. It is also accepting the fact that some people are in a far worse situation than you.

No one is too problematic to help someone with bigger problems.

Honesty is a value that has been inculcated in us since our childhood. Honesty is something that our
parents always remind us.

Danger of dishonesty – if one knows something to be wrong and still continues to do it.

“Honesty is the best policy” because when a person is true to others, he or she can be trusted.

Trust is the beginning of a good relationship.

Integrity is a fruit of an honest life. A person who has integrity is true to his or her words and deeds.

One of the most important character traits you have is integrity. The ability to be truthful in words and
deeds is easy as long as you are determined to do it.

White lies are still wrong even if you have a valid reason for saying them. It is better to say nothing than
to tell a lie.

Trust will not be given to a liar anymore. Relationship is broken because one is not true to the other.

“ang nagsasabi ng tapat ay nagsasama ng maluwat”

Integrity is acquired and strengthened by practicing honesty.

Remember that what you do is what you become- if you cheat, you will be a cheater; if you lie,
you will be a liar.

If all Filipinos have integrity, then there is no corruption in the government. The financial resources and
money will be properly managed for the good of everyone. Poverty will be reduced and services will be
efficient.