A Statement Of Values

WE BELIEVE the most valuable thing in this world is people--- both as groups and individually---because after all, people are the major creators, organizers, and users of all things.

WE FURTHER BELIEVE that the most valuable aspect of any person is his ability to communicate---for only by communication can he interact, understand, share things with others, and appreciate what others may share with him.

SOMETIMES some people seem to act badly in various ways. Yet, in all my experience I have found that whenever a person acted badly it was not the result of evil, but an inability to communicate in some way. I have further seen that fostering and improving a person's ability to communicate inevitably improved his value, not only to himself, but to others also, and made him a better and a happier person.

THEREFORE, because you are a person, I am your friend---and I appreciate most your ability to communicate.

WHEN I can be of any help in fostering or improving that ability---I am your aid and companion.

Joseph Belotte