"Try not to become a person of success but rather a person of value." -Einstein
First, I really like Einstein because he was not afraid to be different. Second, I love this quote! It is basically saying this: you can be successful but that doesn't mean that you are valuable. If you are not valuable than tell me, what is the point of success? Value is so much more important!
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Oh lil Klaire. Trying so hard to understand when you barely knew yourself.
Ideally society would define the successful as those who have made contributions to mankind. Far too often they define success (and value) in terms of dollars. One of the topics I touch on with my environmental science students now is the idea of instrumental and intrinsic value. How different cultures and societies value things shapes the environment surrounding those communities.
Those who believe that THINGS are more important than people will surround them selves -- with the latest technology, the hottest new fashion, the shiniest car, the newest awesome thing that they must absolutely have before everyone else! And they build up all this junk around them until it collapses on top of them-- society fills landfills with discarded THINGS that were used once and thrown away.
How can a person learn to value themselves, understand that success is not based solely on dollar signs, in a society where everything is disposable? For shame.
I only hope we learn before we bury ourselves in our own disposable lives.
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