3 Most Precious Things In The World

What are the most precious things in the world? How to identify what’s priceless?

Priceless is something that is given for free, but when lost it cannot be claimed back or bought. Time, health, and trust are given for free to each one of us. When lost no money can buy it.

Time

Time is given for free. “I have no time” sounds too often. The more I hear it the more it sounds weirder to me. We are all given 24 hours a day, ain’t we? The trick is allocating right amount of time to the right thing.

• “Time is free, but it’s priceless. You can’t own it, but you can use it. You can’t keep it, but you can spend it. Once you’ve lost it you can never get it back.” - Harvey MacKay

Health

Most of us are born physically, mentally, and emotionally healthy. If it is not the case there is no reason to make it worse. Preserve it and grow. Invest in your physical, mental, and emotional health.

• “To keep the body in good health is a duty…otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear.” - Hindu Prince Gautama Siddharta

Trust

Trust is hard to earn. Really hard. You earn trust by being there and offering value. Not just value, but the one that meets the challenge.

• Win the Heart, the Mind Follows
• Grow Quality - Not Quantity
• “Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him.” - Cicero

Loveliest girl

. . for almost a decade Miina Savolainen,
finnish photographer, art and social educator photographed 10 girls from Hyvönen Children's Home.

the outcome was this photo book/project

"The Loveliest Girl In The World" The basis of the project was “empowerment”

"to give girls a different perspective of themselves,

to bring to the surface their true persona,

or perhaps a persona they wished they could be"

it is a touching story about becoming visible & accepting yourself

"everyone of us is entitled to feel precious and loved"

"The fairytale quality of the photographs reveals

a truth often obscured by the rough and tumble of daily life

the person each young girl feels she really is inside.

It allows the girls to regard themselves as strong and undamaged people.

These photographs are deeply authentic,

revealing the universal desire to be seen as good and valuable."

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"Accepting one's own portrait

is a metaphor for accepting

one’s own personality"

Time for Reflection

a stretch of days just me, myself, i

nothing but my own thoughts for company

with time . . .

time to paint on and on undisturbed

time to read for great long lazy stretches

time to eat when i wanted to eat

time to sleep (guilt free) for 14 hours solidly!

waking up to do it all over again

thank you Mr O for giving me

those wonderfully peaceful few days

how precious that was x

i wonder what precious "me" time others get ??

Living in Icebergs

In our lives, there are many things that seem inconsequential and worthless, while in fact, they are of a great value. Most of us, unfortunately, tend to underestimate our possessions and abilities, but later, if we are lucky, we realize their potential contribution to a much happier and more successful life.

I see those precious things as icebergs. They calmly pass by our lives, we appreciate them but not enough, because we assume that we see them entirely, while in fact only their tips are visible to us.

Look at the picture of the iceberg, imagine the part that’s above the water as one of the many things you own but don’t appreciate much, and then look at the part that’s under the water and ask yourself whether you see those things in the same way.

Another thing in common between icebergs and the many precious things in our lives that have potential and priceless values, is that they both vanish with time.