HOW AVERAGE OR PRECIOUS IS YOUR LIFE?
Do you think your life is really precious? Do you think your life is worthless? Or do you think your life is an average one? Sit back and think. You have an answer. And its one of the three. For most of us it might be an average life. There might be few, for whom life feels worthless. And there might be a few for whom life might seem perfect and precious at the moment. What if I say all our lives are equally precious..
Before bringing up the topic of life, let us look around us. We all consider gold as a valuable belonging. But have you ever wondered why is it so? There might be science, history, chemistry to explain its worth. But in reality its not the science theory and history that made us believe gold is valuable. It is simply because we choose to believe. We were told that gold is valuable. We believed it is valuable. So, we humans made it “valuable”.
Now let us consider the currency. When we were born, we never had any importance in regard to currency. We could just cry and get what we want in exchange. We never valued currency when we were born. But as we grew up, we were told that currency is our life line. We discovered that we could exchange currency to whatever we wanted. We realised that we need currency to buy what we wanted. We realised we could get food shelter and clothing in exchange for these. We were told that those pieces of paper were worthy. We believed so. We made them “valuable”.
As we grew up we were told about the value of various things and various beings. We believed that certain things are valuable and others are not. We would consider a doctor more valuable than a farmer. An national idol on television more valuable than our teacher next door.
But the truth is every creation in this universe has its own worth and value. Nothing is valuable over the other naturally. Its our own thoughts, beliefs, and followings that has created the difference in the worth of creations. Its our own mistake that certain things have moved away from our reach. Its our own mistake that certain things are easily achievable and others are difficult. If only we valued every creation equally, we would today be enjoying everything equally.
Since we have reached far beyond reversibility when it comes to the creations in the universe in this matter, let us consider our lives at the least. Applying the above logic, why do you think your life is less precious than certain others? Why do you think your life is hopeless? It is just because you think and believe so. It is because you compared and put your life below that of others that you consider valuable. If only you could believe that u have a unique and worthy life, you would know its still valuable. Yes you are unique worthy and totally valuable. No matter what you do for living, how much you earn, how you live, the good things you did, the bad things you did. Your life is still worthy. No matter how many mistakes you made in your life, its still unique and valuable. Even a judge has his own hidden mistakes in life. Even a stone hearted a criminal has his own share of good things in life. On certain days, an ant that seems to be crawling at the corner of your compound might have worked harder than you in your office. Every life is big and special enough. Treat every creation with utmost value. More importantly, your life. Yes its totally valuable!!
-Sowmya
