Personal Worldview Inventory Research Paper
Personal Worldview Inventory
Cicely Leufroy
Grand Canyon University
HLT-310V
Professor Sorensen
June 13, 2015
Personal Worldview Inventory
Spirituality can have different meanings depending on the individual. According to Merriam-Webster’s dictionary spirituality is “the quality or state of being concerned with religion or religious matters” (Merriam-Webster, 2015). Being a spiritual being in my opinion comes from within the person. Personal beliefs and experiences can shape a person’s worldview. As nurses when we understand that an individual’s spirituality is their own it helps us to better understand their worldview, but in order for this to happen one must understand their own spirituality.
Being a human being means that someone has compassion for God’s creation. I am a firm believer that God created heaven and earth. Simply having a heart filled with love not hate to me is being human to me it is just that simple. I do not feel that one has to go to church every Sunday to be deemed a spiritual person. When you are a “believer” or spiritual being you can sit in a quiet room and have a conversation or pray to whomever you believe in. Prime reality or what one may consider “what is real” is …show more content…
For example I feel it is ok to wear whatever color I want to wear regardless of what someone else may think and that it is wrong for someone to take my life over the color I decide to wear. On the other hand a gang banger may think it is right to take my life simply because I am wearing what they consider the wrong color in their neighborhood. I can confidently say that it is wrong to harm a creation of God. So when it comes to right or wrong it is up to the individual on what they consider this to be, but we must be aware that our views on this may differ which is ok because that is was makes us
Cicely Leufroy
Grand Canyon University
HLT-310V
Professor Sorensen
June 13, 2015
Personal Worldview Inventory
Spirituality can have different meanings depending on the individual. According to Merriam-Webster’s dictionary spirituality is “the quality or state of being concerned with religion or religious matters” (Merriam-Webster, 2015). Being a spiritual being in my opinion comes from within the person. Personal beliefs and experiences can shape a person’s worldview. As nurses when we understand that an individual’s spirituality is their own it helps us to better understand their worldview, but in order for this to happen one must understand their own spirituality.
Being a human being means that someone has compassion for God’s creation. I am a firm believer that God created heaven and earth. Simply having a heart filled with love not hate to me is being human to me it is just that simple. I do not feel that one has to go to church every Sunday to be deemed a spiritual person. When you are a “believer” or spiritual being you can sit in a quiet room and have a conversation or pray to whomever you believe in. Prime reality or what one may consider “what is real” is …show more content…
For example I feel it is ok to wear whatever color I want to wear regardless of what someone else may think and that it is wrong for someone to take my life over the color I decide to wear. On the other hand a gang banger may think it is right to take my life simply because I am wearing what they consider the wrong color in their neighborhood. I can confidently say that it is wrong to harm a creation of God. So when it comes to right or wrong it is up to the individual on what they consider this to be, but we must be aware that our views on this may differ which is ok because that is was makes us