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