Know Your Worth

As she swooshed down the slide at the park, a little girl called, "Can't catch me!" I turned to see who she was talking to. A boy about a year older (so that makes him the grand old age of about 4), stood at the top of the slide and paid her little attention. Again she climbed up, brushed past him and as she pushed off and slid away she taunted, "Can't catch me," then added, " a dollar fifty!" The boy pretended to ignore her but as he passed by, but not within earshot of her, he muttered, "Two dollars fifty!"

WORTH... of value

Even under pressure this kid held his ground. There was something he knew that she didn't. Even at this young age, he knew something of his worth. Do you know your worth?

By the time we reach adulthood we have a bit of an idea of whether we feel loved and valued and as we travel further along the road of life and we hit a few potholes, valleys and sometimes the odd crevasse, the idea of how much we think we are valued can take a battering. Divorce, bereavement, missed opportunities and mistakes compound.

Perhaps worth and value is not determined by our education (or lack of), a job title, who we marry, how we look or even how we feel about ourselves. Is it possible each one of us has worth and value irrespective of whether we feel loved? Do we have worth simply because we have life?

What a privilege to get up each day, thankful, hopeful and knowing that no matter what might be said to us or even not said to us, the approval of others is not our goal and our life is important, valuable and cherished. Just a thought.