Moment Of Pride: Staying True To My Core Belief || LOH #251

Moments, life. Have you matured to the point that there are some values you hold so dear to you and you cannot compromise no matter what happens to you? For me, look at the times I'm always proud of myself for staying true to my belief and values.

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I was doing my college days. I was doing my exams. I've always told myself that cheating is not part of my plan. And this rule has guided me sometimes challenge, even though it was challenging to cheat sometimes. But staying true to this value was what rewarded me and made me tougher and stronger.

During my time in college, there is always a pressure to keep succeeding and to pass by all means. So everyone wanted to get their good grades. Most people were willing to go to the corners to cheat, to sneak in, and to take all shortcuts possible to ace their paper.

This happened a lot around me. People cheated. There was a time when I was feeling lying, tempting, sorting courses. There was a moment where I was exhausted. I didn't have time to study a particular course. So when the time for exam came, I felt like giving up my values and cheating. But in those moments, cheating would have been the way out. But deep down, I knew this was not what I wanted.

Cheating was the easy way out. But I still believe in honesty. I wanted success. I wanted to look at my grades and say this is my hard work and I earned it, not unqualified grades or someone's answer. That belief and value became what I hold on to. There is one semester that I was struggling with a tough mathematics course. So the final exam I was very afraid, thinking I would fail. A classmate offered me a piece of paper where it was like a sheet and it was already around floating around but I politely turned it down.

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Even though they laughed at me, they mocked me, but I said I need to spend extra hours to read more. I went for tutorial and had sleepless nights trying to understand the course. And when the result came, I got a solid B.

I felt very happy and I became proud. Even though if I had cheated I would have gotten an A, but it was what I earned. And I was happy. I was happy for that. So when I stick to my no cheating rule, this wasn't about those examinations, it was about the discipline and self-respect. I want to earn what I want my hard work to pay me. I don't want to cut corners. This showed me that when you stay true to your core values, you will be able to do it.

You don't get, it doesn't just be the only character. It gives more confidence. You can defend yourself. You can defend your grades. You can defend everything about you. And you can say with your change that this is the result of my hard work. So, knowing this, when you face challenges, without trying to compromise where you are. These are the lessons that have saved me through beyond my college and every part of my life.

My Hive friends. Those ones feeling the pressure to compromise your value or to cheat or through corners. It is good to hold on to your principles because through that, you earn respect from people and you earn respect for yourself. You value yourself more. It's not always easy but it is definitely worth doing. There is a pride beyond when you succeed on your own terms and your own hard work. That result of your own hard work, it gives some pleasure that cheating might not give you.

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