As a person I don’t have to do anything to feel or be
valued. Value is a natural born right that we all have. It is no one’s right to
determine who is valuable or not. If I
have a heartbeat this is what gives me value. Just being alive I have value. I
don’t have to prove my value or my worth. I don’t have to become someone I
don’t want to become to be valued. I don’t need education to feel value. When I
am saying I have value this means I am validated, I am someone, I am loved
unconditionally, I am understood, and I am excellent. Do people choose to see
my value or honor my value, maybe or maybe not? Whether other people decide to
acknowledge my value isn’t where my focus should be. People have opinions about
our beliefs. I may believe in God whole heartedly someone else may not. Just
because that person doesn’t believe in God am I supposed to then de-value my
belief in God? We don’t usually let other’s cloud our beliefs that easily,
unless we never truly valued the belief in the first place. No one can take
your value. I am valuable, but in order for me to feel valued I have to
acknowledge and believe that I have
value and treat myself as such. If I drive a Porsche am I willing to leave my
car in a horrible neighborhood with no alarm or protection, would I lend it out
to a reckless friend, perhaps I would if I saw no value to the Porsche?
In society I am taught that if I have money, if I am a
certain color, if I know certain people, if I come from a certain family, or if
I have certain possessions that this gives me value. Basically my value has
been based on external forces that I may or may not be able to control thus my
value would be constantly threatened or must be earned. I cannot just exist and be valuable. This
would drive me to attempt to attain certain things and statuses in order to
feel great about who I am. That could be a great motivator. However after
obtaining all of these things what if I still don’t feel value? Usually we
don’t because the way in which we are seeking value isn’t healthy at all. It
isn’t even accurate because once again value isn’t something that is tangible or externally gained. It is a
feeling. A feeling brought on because I know I am someone who is automatically validated, I am someone, I am loved unconditionally, I am understood, and I am excellent no matter who,
what, or where I am in life. It never will be about what I have, who I know,
what I want to become, and who the world
feels I should be.
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