Somehow we have come to value things, places, experiences and even people in terms of money. If something is expensive it must be good. Conversely if something is inexpensive it can't be so good. One of the reasons for this is that we want to use expensive things as medals of our accomplishments, our "success". We want to have symbols which speak on our behalf to others and say " Look , I am successful , I have achieved what only very few people achieve " irrespective of the actual satisfaction or fulfilment our "medals" give us.
On the other hand we tend to completely ignore free or inexpensive things that we have access to. We don't try to take a closer look as we automatically label them as routine, boring, not worth a mention etc. This attitude deprives us of so many chances of being grateful for just ordinary everyday things, birds chirping, Art of the clouds, blossoming flowers, having heartfelt chats, playing with kids, reading something inspiring and so much more. No matter what situation you are in you always have so many things around you which are free and are of immense value. But often in the midst of them all we are looking for those expensive "medals" and loose out on things which are much more valuable.
On the other hand we tend to completely ignore free or inexpensive things that we have access to. We don't try to take a closer look as we automatically label them as routine, boring, not worth a mention etc. This attitude deprives us of so many chances of being grateful for just ordinary everyday things, birds chirping, Art of the clouds, blossoming flowers, having heartfelt chats, playing with kids, reading something inspiring and so much more. No matter what situation you are in you always have so many things around you which are free and are of immense value. But often in the midst of them all we are looking for those expensive "medals" and loose out on things which are much more valuable.
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