Values... huh...
So, Pagan Values month... or Pagan Value Meal month...

I've read a lot of interesting stuff on Pagan values (or rather potential Pagan values, no one out there is claiming to have the definitive list). When I began thinking about the topic though, I ran across and interesting linguistic challenge. "Values" seems to be a term about what a particular group or demographic think is worthwhile for everyone to believe. So the "family values" of conservative Christian sects is about what they think all people should be for and about. When you're speaking only for yourself, you're not talking about "values" in a general sense so much as the things that you yourself value.

I guess what I'm saying is that I don't have Pagan Values, I don't have "values" period. I just have things I value. So in honor of the Solstice, here's a list of things that I value:

Love
Personal Responsibility
Community / Family
Hospitality
Diversity
Efficiency / Simplicity
Sustainability

Those are roughly in order, not of priority, but how well I'm doing in each area.