Value the Valuable
What is the most valuable thing on this planet? Is it the most expensive jewelry set or the most expensive property currently owned by Mukesh Ambani?
Well, the answer is none of these, in my view, xP!
Let's begin with a story: Once there was a relatively poor poet who was invited to the wedding of the daughter of the richest man in town. He wore rather simple clothes compared to the gaudy ones worn by the other dignitaries. Due to his simple attire, he was shunned and not welcomed by anybody, so he went out and bought a pair of expensive clothes and adorned them. Upon entering the hotel now, he was greeted by the host with great enthusiasm and praised in front of everyone for his poetry. When he seated for dinner, he started feeding the food to his clothes which took everyone by surprise. The host perplexed questioned his antics to which the poet replied that his clothes deserved to eat the food as it was only due to them he had been welcomed. On hearing this, the host realized his mistake.
Do we often not value an individual more for his materialistic possessions rather than for him being him?
Why are we living in such a superficial world where we are accepted more for what we have or how we look than who we are?
A human is made up of emotions, characteristics, memories, yet instead of valuing these, we give higher importance to the external things we leave behind on earth upon departing. When we refer to a human's beauty, often, people consider it to be a judgment of the external beauty, but the real essence of it lies in the inner self. External beauty, just like one's riches, can be lost with age or due to vicissitudes of life, but the qualities and nature are possessed eternally.
In the Merchant of Venice, Bassanio rightly stated:
In the budding stages of life often we notice that parents focus more on the success of the child in terms of marks or achievements, rather than molding the character of the individual. They impart values; however, their definition of it only being flawed.
Concluding it, is essential that we change our outlook towards things and people and learn to Value the Valuable.
Well, the answer is none of these, in my view, xP!
Let's begin with a story: Once there was a relatively poor poet who was invited to the wedding of the daughter of the richest man in town. He wore rather simple clothes compared to the gaudy ones worn by the other dignitaries. Due to his simple attire, he was shunned and not welcomed by anybody, so he went out and bought a pair of expensive clothes and adorned them. Upon entering the hotel now, he was greeted by the host with great enthusiasm and praised in front of everyone for his poetry. When he seated for dinner, he started feeding the food to his clothes which took everyone by surprise. The host perplexed questioned his antics to which the poet replied that his clothes deserved to eat the food as it was only due to them he had been welcomed. On hearing this, the host realized his mistake.
Do we often not value an individual more for his materialistic possessions rather than for him being him?
Why are we living in such a superficial world where we are accepted more for what we have or how we look than who we are?
A human is made up of emotions, characteristics, memories, yet instead of valuing these, we give higher importance to the external things we leave behind on earth upon departing. When we refer to a human's beauty, often, people consider it to be a judgment of the external beauty, but the real essence of it lies in the inner self. External beauty, just like one's riches, can be lost with age or due to vicissitudes of life, but the qualities and nature are possessed eternally.
In the Merchant of Venice, Bassanio rightly stated:
"So may the outward shows be least themselves:
The world is still deceived by ornament."
In the budding stages of life often we notice that parents focus more on the success of the child in terms of marks or achievements, rather than molding the character of the individual. They impart values; however, their definition of it only being flawed.
Concluding it, is essential that we change our outlook towards things and people and learn to Value the Valuable.
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