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What Is Your Life Worth?
Your True Worth Or Just A Price Tag?
On a cold night of November 26, 2001, I saw an elderly man walking away from the church. From his back, I felt a sense meaninglessness and helplessness. His unchallenged life was cold and lonely. Many people lament upon a troubled life, I would forlorn on how lame they are. I would impute the sufferings of the world on human vanities. I did wonder then, would I share the same path? Rough words, but instead of lulling us on a self-consolation, wouldn’t it be better if we take the red pill earlier?
People focus so much on the cause that they forget about the worth. People are confused with the fact that price does not correlate with the value.
When you trade your time for money, you are indicating that your time is worth lesser. - Grandfather to Mikail, 1991If you do not know what to do with your time, your life is not worth much, and the only thing you may likely do then is to sell it stupidly at a lower price. - Grandfather to Mikail, 1991Life is at age 70 is rare in some societies. Front of the lifecycle 10 years old of childhood trying to figure out the basics, back of the lifecycle 10 years struggling being old and weak, leaving 50 years. Within 50 years, we divided into day and night, only 25 years of blissful scene. Yet within that 25 years, including stormy days, 3 disasters and 6 diseases, how many days can people be left with in this lifetime?人生七十古来稀，十年少小，十年老弱，还有五十年，五十年再分成日夜，只有二十五年的光景了，再加上刮风下雨，三灾六病，人这一辈子还能剩下多少好? - "Taoist Monk Leaving the Mountain" (aka "Monk Comes Down the Mountain", 2015), Movie
Life is indeed crude, cruel and raw, but out of the bitterness, haven’t we see joy? There are ways to create and build hope.
Its amazing God is speaking to us all the time but we ignored his gentle signs. About a month ago, I filled in an insurance survey form. One of the questions was "How much do you think your life is worth?" with options $1,000 to $1 million. I answered "worthless" with the intention of telling them I worth nothing i.e. my life is cheaper than anything. I looked at my own answer again and the word took on a new meaning. - Mikail's Younger Brother, 2000