posted June 13, 2005 05:04 PM              

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So I was thinking about people and stuff. How do you really decide how much a person is worth (not financially, but more like... intrinsically, I guess).
For example, Albert Einstein was worth a whole lot... I mean, potential-wise. A genius, right?
Well, what about someone who's, say, a single parent without a college education working to support their three kids or something?
Do they have less potential and are they therefore of less worth?
What makes a life a life?
If you could change your life, be someone else, would you do so? Or do you feel like you are accomplishing what you were meant to accomplish in this life?
Sorry, this is utterly random. I'm just stressing, except not really, but oh I don't know!!

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posted June 13, 2005 05:09 PM              

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"someone who's, say, a single parent without a college education"

Education is not part of potential.
What a person is actually *doing* has nothing to do with his/her potential.

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posted June 13, 2005 05:36 PM              

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think of it situationally. that;s how it was meant.

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posted June 13, 2005 06:06 PM            

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I would say that if we had all Albert Einsteins, then who would paint the beautiful pictures, who would teach our children, who would show them that strength in adversity - especially as an example like the single mother?

How many of our leaders have been exposed to adversity / poverty in their childhood? Think of all those single mothers that raised men and women that have contributed so much to our society and way of life.

We all have a contribution to make to the world and I would rate raising upstanding children while teaching them strength and compassion ranks among one of the top positions

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posted June 13, 2005 06:13 PM            

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What an interesting question!
In the eye of the beholder.
I wouldn't want everyone to have a judge of my own worth.. I would want my kids to be though.

I thought of this when my grandfather died last year.. or really, when something happens to someone close to you.. who means the world to you.
I was thinking along the lines of.. No one writes eulogies about your ability to snag a deal, be a get-what-you-want- busines man.. it is the lives you touch, your love,your generosity, your humour, your uniqueness.. the people who love you and what you do for them and yourself and community.
That single mother with no college education learned through life. I hope she'd pass her sense of learning on, and I bet if you ask her kids how much worth she has, it would be much like that book
"Guess how much I love you."

There is no scale of worth that can't be stretched to accomodate individual dreams and aspirations.
Worth is limitless.
BUt I suppose it can be judged.

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posted June 13, 2005 06:55 PM              

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What makes a life a life?

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The living it makes it a life.
We are the only ones who have a right to judge our lives.
Would the three children of a single mother devalue her life because she has no education? And, who has better potential than a mother who gives life and nurtures it as best she can? Perhaps she is doing exactly what she's meant to be doing this lifetime. Who can judge/place value on that?
It is priceless.

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posted June 13, 2005 07:41 PM              

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I really like the way you think, pixelpixie. You leave nothing left to be said.

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posted June 13, 2005 08:17 PM            

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Ayumi

My heart just literally bloomed in my chest.
Thank you!

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posted June 14, 2005 04:36 AM              

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I think what's worth something to one person, can very possibly not be worth anything to the next person. It just depends on your ideals.

Personally I don't think it comes down to education or status necessarily. To me A person is worth a lot if they contribute to the human race, help other people instead of bring them down...instead of continuing in the degeneration. Maybe it's just my mars in Aquarius. I dunno. MEH.

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posted June 14, 2005 10:42 PM              

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See, that's the thing, what makes someone worth anything to themselves ? Gahhhhh! I hate being introspective! I feel like I'm running in mental circles and then this little pink monkey in my head squeaks 'You know nothing matters in the end, right?' and I just want to throttle it!!

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posted June 15, 2005 01:22 AM              

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Depends on your background and the crowd you hang with also. I know quite a few girls who get university educations to find themselves a nice well educated doctor, lawyer...with no real intentions of using that education. More for status...Pretty pathetic!!!!

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posted June 15, 2005 08:38 AM              

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Its a societal thing. The legal system in ordr to function many times has to put a value on one life vs. another. My 91 year old grandmother who fell out of bed at the nursing home and ended up with a hip replacement, would not have any value in a court of law if the nursing home were sued for neglect. On the other hand a young man with full potential in a car accident has a lot of dollar worth if he were to sue. I think our legal system seeps into all of our collective thinking.
Ok now switch hats, spiritually speaking, on the other side of the curtain.....getting a life is the accomplishment. It does not matter much what you do with it. The fact that you came to the planet is significant. Some will make what appears to be great contributions but everyone by bringing their energy here is a great contributer.

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posted June 15, 2005 09:31 AM            

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Nicely explained, thirteen!

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posted June 15, 2005 10:02 AM              

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Thanks

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