Value the common things

People seem to value only rare things. Pluck a weed, kill an ant or a thousand in a pile…abort a child in the womb… No big deal. We have our reasons.

But to find life outside our solar system - just a microbe of algae…

Oh precious! let us keep and coddle it as though our discovery of it needs, all of a sudden, our help to thrive. Same with species on earth labeled “endangered.”

While I see the value in rare things as well…I think people need to value the common things more than the rare…

for if the common are ignored, they too will become as rare to us and difficult to find as that life on a distant planet.

On a specifically personal note, value the “common” moments in your life so that your heart will have its fill and treasure up all of these steadily coming, yet surely passing moments, of “Mommy!” and “Play with me!”

Your money in your checking account, your food if your fridge today, the beautiful spring view outside YOUR window, the vehicle your family already has…

Value it all - Be Grateful for the dirt under your feet, the air you get to breathe, the water flowing for you to keep you alive today.

Thank God for all of the common, yet essential things and moments of YOUR life.

For it will all pass away.

Remember, All is Well, This too Shall Pass,

THANK YOU.