Jairah Grace G. Santos

3. Do you value only what you struggle for?

People always work hard to get what they think is valuable. Giving values to things or actions depends on the person. Things that can be obtained easily, are taken for granted. Things which are easily acquired holds no value at all. The appreciation towards a person is only learned after difficult times or rather on difficult times. It’s true that the more we are eager to get or to achieve something, the more we value it, because our efforts or hard work makes it more rewarding. Simple task are rewarding too but when you make a choice, you always push them aside and left for last.

However, it is not always true that people only value what they struggle for. For example, the air that we breathe, the water we drink, our friends , family and especially our life. We have them even without struggling and we really value them. It is then that it becomes valuable because we see how different our lives would be without them.

We achieve the most precious things of our life without even struggling for it but it cannot be compared with the self-contentment and the immense pleasure following the accomplish ment when we strive hard for it. It is true that people struggle for happiness, but it is not always true that those people struggle for giving back happiness. Sometimes people receives things that cost a lot does not have enough to payback to those who really tried hard to give it.

Some people also like to struggle, it gives them a sense of purpose, it makes them feel better or satisfied and more accomplished about themselves. There is no doubt that some certain possessions hold a great importance in our lives, and yet we would still think and act that we value the things for what we have struggled the most.

In the end, we do only value the things we have struggled for, the easier it is, the lesser we care. No one cares for the simple things in life, mostly. Everything has value, we must look deeply and we will eventually see it, no matter how difficult or simple the struggle is.