What is important? People or Things?

Our life began with the 60-rupee toy car. When it broke, we cried. Then we upgraded ourselves to the 2000-rupee remote-controlled car. When that got damaged, we wept. Then we were gifted the 20,000 rupee battery-operated car. When that stopped working, we were depressed. Then came the 4-lakh car, after that the 22-lakh SUV, followed by the 86-lakh luxury sedan … And, every time something happened to this machine, whether a scratch or a dent, the mercury of our tensions and worries went up. 

All in all, it seems our toys have grown, but we haven’t. What we cry for has changed, but the crying is still on. Just that our crying is a lot more sophisticated now. It has many new names like anger, disappointment, frustration, stress, anxiety, etc … Toys are there to entertain us. Toys have only one purpose: to be useful to us. 

From your beach house to your SUV to your latest gizmos and everything else … everything exists to make your life more comfortable. You are bigger than every THING you own. You are more precious than every THING you possess. You are more important than every THING that has come into your life. A toy is just a toy. Buy toys. Buy more and more toys. But give them their rightful place. They are just there to be useful to you, to make your life comfortable and to entertain you. Don’t ever waste another drop of your precious tears for a toy, no matter how dear the toy may be. After all, you are the dearest of them all. 

The fact is “We Don’t” and not “We Can’t.” It does not matter how much we have, but what really matters is what we do with what we have. We cannot do much to change what we have, but we can certainly change the way we use what we have. A pawn, if used well, will become the queen.