My Family Culture

The items that I would elect to take that would best represent my culture would be my bible, wallet size picture book and my journey and pen. I find that I would be able to explain the importance of each of the item mentioned above to the others without hesitation. The bible is a very important aspect of my culture. The bible is what I consider holy and it provides an abundance of wisdom, peace, love, comfort, guidance, grace, and the list goes on.  My family photo would remind me of the good times I had with my family and the photos would also remind me of the blessings that God allowed me to part take in. Likewise, the photos would offer me hope and faith that one day things would improve for me and my family, (although things may not be the same, things would ultimately improve). I believe that journaling is a big part of my culture like in others cultures, I find that it is necessary to dream, plan, reflect, and express myself freely without any fears of being judge or critic. In the event I was advised that had to give up two of the items mentioned below, I will admit my initial reaction would be a reaction of devastation.  Nevertheless I would choose my bible since I would have my immediate present with me.

I believe that this exercise has allowed me to share with my colleagues what I already knew about myself, but never really spelled it out in this fashion. It is also evident how just important my faith in God reading of God’s word is important to me. Similarly, I will admit when I read in the assignment that my immediate family would be present with me, I thought out loud, “well I’ll be good then if they are there with me”. This assignment has deepened my understanding of my personal value I hold as a result of my culture/ up bring.