In my Gateway to University Honors course, we performed a values activity. During this exercise, the class read aloud a presentation entitled The Parable of the Fisherman. In this story, a fisherman was confronted by a businessman with a plan to become a more successful person. The businessman suggested that the fisherman catch as many fish as possible, save his money, and buy a bigger boat so that he could catch even more fish. This would eventually allow the fisherman to grow his business and retire to a happy life. The fisherman replied that he did not have to work any harder because he was already doing the things that the businessman suggested he could do in his retirement, such as waking up early to fish, returning home to play with his kids, enjoying afternoon naps with his wife, and joining his friends in the evening. At this point, the businessman said that if he were to work harder and grow his fishing business that he could bring joy to his village. As a class, we then reflected on both the fisherman’s and the businessman’s perspectives. I can understand both of their opinions. The fisherman is already content with his life how it is, but the businessman has hope that a successful fishing business could benefit the entire village. Following this discussion, we then did an activity in which we chose our top 10 values. We had to then narrow our values from our top 5 to our top 3 to our number one value. I found this activity to be very difficult, because I hold many values and I feel like I am betraying myself when I have to narrow my values down. My top five values would include family, spirituality, love, honesty, and altruism.