What principle(s) are you an ambassador for? What principle(s) do you teach your children to be an ambassador for?

Kindness, Justice, Mercy.
I try to live my life with those core principals dictating my behavior. I try to teach my children and grand children by example.

He has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God

Caring for the well-being of others. Selfishness is the root of many of the world’s problems. I try not to be selfish.

The Judeo-Christian ethic. Not the kinda, sorta, my-parents-are-christians-so-I-am-too, fairweather-faithful ethic, but the real, bone-deep, love God and love your neighbor sort of ethic.

I don’t have kids, but I’d like to be an ambassador for the principle of “nuance is important.”

One of the things I think is most harmful to society is the tendency to paint with a broad brush. This includes the classic stereotypes, racism, and all that. But it also includes statements like “all politicians are the same” and “both parties are just as bad.” No, actually, there are lots of differences. And while flaws exist on both sides or parties of any debate, those flaws have unique contexts. And those details are important.

Like Dylan Thomas, I suspect that someday @Qingu is going to pass on because his blood has turned to words! Heh!

Mother Nature and all her glory. I lead by example, take them on hikes and camping trips and organize a community river clean up of our river every year. If we don’t respect and take care of her she will not be too kind to us in turn.

Self-reliance.

Hope for the best, plan for the worst.

I’m an ambassador for God. And later I’ll teach my kids to be the same too.

@Hibernate , Just curious, (Maybe trying to stretch your faith a bit) What does that mean to you? How do you manifest it in your life? You can ignore me, or PM me if you don’t want to get so vulnerable in a public forum. Just a “one Christian to another” question.

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Vulnerable? I feel inclined I should express my faith public but it’s not so obvious on a forum or over the internet. What do I mean with that? Spreading the word. An ambassador is a person who represents one or more people in/on a distant land. I am here, proud to stand up for Him and I know He’ll stand up for me. I have no doubts about Him being true to me, the world is ours but now it seems the whole world is against us [believers of any sort]. I know it’s hard for people to understand how I love Him or how He loves me.

How do I manifest it? I try to give as much as I can and help others in every way I can. I want them to feel the “magic”.

Loving kindness. I try my best daily to lead through real life examples. Say hello, open the door for others, recognize people for the good they do, be a good-listener-etc.

Personal responsibility and self reliance. If you commit to something, do it. Don’t expect anyone to give you anything. If you didn’t earn it, it has no value.

I never deliberately tried to instil any virtues into my children as I had no idea how this could be done. I introduced them to stories and films I thought they would enjoy and I was a father to them but mostly I just hoped for the best. Maybe I was just lucky.

Don’t break the law – crime doesn’t pay.

Recent events have invoked in me a growing passion for advocating for the ill. The principles of caring for those less fortunate and withholding judgement when you don’t know their situation have become very important to me. I think those principles could do to be more widely recognized and I try to do my part to spread the awareness.

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My principles are taught to my kids so they’re their principles too. Do no harm, be kind and compassionate, remember your privilege, be an activist.

This is a good question. I’ve slowly morphed into an atheist with some nihilistic beliefs, so it’s tough for even me to decide what is important and worthwhile. I teach my daughter to be very skeptical of things and to ask a lot of questions. Also, to ask even when she’s worried she’ll look foolish, as it’s better to be a fool for a moment than a lifetime. I also stress the importance of knowing she’s on equal footing with most people when it comes to learning a new skill. As long as she doesn’t give up too easily, she can continue to improve at anything she likes, eventually becoming excellent at it. Plus it’s important to care about the well-being of others, but not their approval or you’ll be their slave.

@cockswain This is a good answer. I still remember a Jr. Hi. teacher telling the class that if you have a question, there is a good chance that you are not the only one and you would be doing others a favor by asking it. She also told us there was no such thing as a stupid question, only unasked ones.