What Creed do You live by?

[Alex Bragi]

A creed tells me nothing of a person, except what they aspire to be. I aspire to be rich, I'm not, nor will I ever be. So a creed that would tell you I aspire to be rich is useless in telling you about me.

If your creed is to live by honesty, and your a pathological lier, then your creed means nothing. See where I am going with this?

You want to know about a person, observe them from afar, file the information you gather by observing, then approach, start a conversation and see if the words that come out of their mouth align with what you observed.

Too many times people will profess they are one thing, when their actions will prove otherwise. Pay attention, and their creed will mean nothing to you.

Yes, I agree, a creed is about what people aspire to be.

For most people, who specifically live by a creed that is, it's simply a personal guide or set of rules that they have chosen for themselves to aspire to live by. A creed, therefor, should never to be interpreted as some kind of rock solid espousal of the ethics or standards of a person.

The word creed actually comes from the Latin credo which means, I believe. Therefor, a creed is to say, I believe ..., not I am....