Valus and Opinions

I just had an epiphany. :)

It's not a pleasant thing to realize. :(

My values have become opinions.

Values are things I strive to live by. Opinions are things that I espouse. I do still have values, of course... I don't kill or steal or lie (much) or cheat or hurt others... I keep the basic Big Ten. But the higher (aka "harder") values aren't something I give more than a passing glance to. I kinda wave at 'em as they pass by, like Cpt. Jack Sparrow.

Anyway, not a pleasant thing to realize. But still valuable.

So how long am I gonna let my values slowly degrade into opinions? Alcohol, morality, partying, hedonism in lots of different benign faces... I keep giving up ground, and the ground is pretty much my soul.

*sigh*

I'll come back to this when my head is more clear, I think.