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How can you know the world without knowing yourself?

A Reflection on Worldviews, Values, and the Philosophy of Life

By Emily Chan - Life and love sharingPublished 4 months ago 1 min read
How can you know the world without knowing yourself?
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Your worldview is the cumulative result of your experiences—the paths you've walked, the books you've read, and the people you've met. It's impossible to truly grasp the scale of the sky until you've climbed a mountain. A person's worldview is shaped by what they observe and what they hear.

Values: Your Moral Compass

Values represent what you believe is right. For instance, some people believe that knowledge is what shapes one's destiny, others hold that health is paramount, and some think wealth is the most important thing. These are all examples of values.

Philosophy of Life: The Journey Inward

After experiencing so many things and traveling so many paths, you begin to reflect on yourself, your dreams, and the person you aspire to become. Your worldview and values combine to determine your philosophy of life.

Your worldview can be seen as a fill-in-the-blank question because it is constantly being shaped by new information. Your values are like a true-or-false question, representing your firm beliefs about right and wrong. And your philosophy of life is a multiple-choice question, offering various paths and attitudes you can choose to take.

Essentially, your worldview is the perspective from which you view an issue, your values are the angle from which you approach it, and your philosophy of life is the attitude you adopt toward it.

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About the Creator

Emily Chan - Life and love sharing

Blog Writer/Storyteller/Write stores and short srories.I am a writer who specializes in love,relationships and life sharing

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