The role that values and ethics play in our life..

''The true grandeur of humanity is in moral elevation, sustained, enlightened and decorated by the intellect of man.''

Since times immemorial, your home has been your primary institution where the moral and value-based learning starts. Our parents, grand-parents and other family members always keep a tab on us and ensure that we imbibe the right values and principles, till we attain maturity to differentiate between what is right and what is wrong.

This learning is not only confined to the four walls of the house but is a continuous process and we gain this value-based and ethical learning by practically confronting diverse situations under different circumstances, which guide us to deal with them successfully.

Most of the decisions that we make in this life are based on our principles and values that we have picked up through our experiences.

As a child when we undergo moral education or value based learning, it seems very boring, but the same teaching takes us a long way in making very rightful decisions and showing us the right direction. These values and principles deter us from going on the wrong path as our inner conscience also does not support the wrong move.

If at any point of time, you have to make a crucial decision, but are not able to set your eyes on a specific course of action, do not panic, just listen to your heart. It will always help you make a wise choice and will never let you go astray.

At times, when faced with a challenging situation most of us, bound strictly by the values and ethics imbibed during the childhood days as well as gained through practical experiences, are forced to make an unwise decision, which we regret throughout our life.

Thus, values, ethics, morals and principles help us to keep to the right path, never indulge in wrong activities and always assist us to sail smoothly through difficult and challenging times; not to bind us rigidly and lead us in the wrong direction.

As the idiom truly enumerates, '' Our principles are the springs of our actions; our actions, the springs of our happiness and misery. Too much care, therefore cannot be taken in forming our principles.''