Value

"I feel that if you work hard for something, then it's valuable. If you feel you have nothing of value, then you're not working hard enough"


I never really thought about the value of things until the other day when talking to my best friend. I kind of said the above off the top of my head, and I was kind of surprised, it was a pretty heated and instinctual response. For the rest of the day, the notion of value stayed in my mind. What is value exactly? According to dictionary.com, the first meaning of the word value is:

1. relative worth, merit, or importance

Being relative, value is different to everybody, it's a very personal for each individual. Lately, the topic of value has been coming up a lot in different conversations. It seems that at this point in time of life, people are really starting to determine what their real values are. In hindsight, earlier in life, they seemed to be superficial at best. What clothes to wear, what music, who to hang out with. They're more based on things that affect life, things like money, family, career, and so on. It's made me wonder if maybe that's why as we grow older, it seems that people grow apart.

I was always taught that the things that are most valuable, are the things that cannot be bought. They're things that are earned and have little to do with money, tangible objects or material items. To a large extent, the older I get, the more I'm finding this to be true. Relationships, achievement, respect, love and trust, all things that are intangible, and ultimately (at least to me) things that the most valuable.