Value - Lesson One

Lesson One

Value

Do you know where value comes from?

Have you ever thought about what makes something valuable?

Why is something of valuable to some people and not to others? For example, most boys like bugs, most girls go “ug” to bugs. Most girls like shopping, most boys stick out there tongues to shopping and think shopping sucks.

When we think about these questions we realize that we are the ones who put value into things.. They have no value until someone says they are valuable. We like the way something smells, the way it looks, the way it feels, the way it tastes, etc. Or we think and feel that it can give us security. Money and collectibles are examples of this kind of valuing.

Make a list of the things you value. It is suggested that you get a special notebook to do this. You will be using this notebook frequently. Put the list in an order from the highest to the lowest priority. Keep this list. You will be asked to use this list later in our journey to the world of well-being, abundance, security, joy and peace.

Meaning Lesson Two

Lesson Two

Meaning

If something has no value for us, we will pay little or no attention to it. It just doesn’t hold our interest. We sometimes say it is boring, but what we probably mean is that we are not interested in it. It seems meaningless to us.



Can you see the connection between what we value and what we find meaningful? If you do, you might see that when you put value into things, (and notice that I said when YOU put value into things) you are putting meaning into these things as well. If you withhold thinking something is valuable, it has little or no meaning for you.



List some things you do not value (don’t like) and notice how you see little or no meaning in these things:



Would you mind if the world did not contain these things on your list? Would you like it if the things you consider valueless and meaningless did not clutter your life?



What about those things you listed in Lesson One as valuable? Would you be upset if they could never be in your life again?



Go to each of the items on the list in Lesson One and after reading each item out loud say:

“I AM the one who puts value and meaning into this.”



Then go to the items you wrote for the list in Lesson Two. Read them out loud and say after each:

”I AM the one who withholds value and meaning from this.”



Now go back to both lists and read the items once again out loud saying after each

“I AM the maker of value and meaning in my life.”



Write in your notebook any thought, feelings or reactions you have to these exercises.