Valuable Values
Valuable values
A child receives a beautiful toy,
it came in a cardboard box
with shiny wrapping paper.
A short time later
the child was seen
playing with the box
and the toy was abandoned in the corner.
Was it because the child was ungrateful?
Did the child not appreciate the value
of the gift?
Did the child not understand
what the gift was?
Did the child not comprehend
that the box
although it was beautiful,
it was empty, and had no value?
It's hard to comprehend all the why's,
but sometimes even we as adults
do the same things.
We value empty things
with shiny wrappers,
more than things of real value.
For example:
What's worth more, has more value,
your values, or money?
Would you compromise morals
your values, for riches and success?
Many do, thinking they will be happier
with more things.
Take Hollywood as an example:
Many have achieved fame and fortune
yet have not attained true happiness.
They chased the shiny boxes of success
because of the shiny wrapping paper
but in the end they are left feeling
empty.
Don't believe me?
why then do the rich and famous
also commit suicide?
Let's not make the same mistakes...
we can learn that our values
are what's valuable,
and when they are compromised,
or sacrificed,
we lose,
more than what we may gain.
When we lose our values
we lose ourselves....
because we are the gift...
we have the gift of life...
we prove by how we use it,
or abuse it,
whether we are grateful,
or not,
for the gift,
to the giver,
or whether we prefer
shiny empty boxes.
October 11, 2016
John Derek Hamilton
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