VALUE

Art is an emotion

VALUE...........the word itself suggests that it is personal.

Now,the story goes like this:

There lived a poor farmer couple and their son.One day,the farmer's wife placed before him his breakfast consisting of two burnt toasts. The son however got two toasts which were not burnt.The farmer,instead of complaining or getting upset,ate the burnt toasts with great relish.This surprised the son, who later asked his father as to why he ate the burnt toast without complaining or uttering an harsh word.The farmer told his son that he knew that it was not done on purpose and that he knew how hard his wife worked to feed them.She too had to go out to  work in the fields,come back home, clean the home,wash clothes,cook for them,clean the dishes etc etc.So,once in a while if at all she burns the toast without intending to,it should be overlooked.One harsh word would mean disrespecting her efforts, her feelings.This  meant that the farmer valued his wife,her efforts.But,can every human being expect this?Do all of us have the right to expect such understanding,so much love?Definitely not,isn't it?That is why I feel that the word VALUE is something personal.

Only the person whose efforts  are put into achieving anything in life,knows the value of his or her efforts.We cannot expect others to value our efforts and results like the way we do.

Only a chef knows the value of the food that he cooks.

Only a carpenter knows the value of the product of his labour. 

Only an engineer knows the value of completing his project successfully.

Only a doctor knows the value of striving to make the correct diagnosis,of treating his patient properly so as to make  his patient comfortable.

Only an artist knows the value of his art.The efforts that have gone into creating it.

So on and so forth........the list is never ending.

We should not go by the values that others set for our efforts.Only we know the value of what we do or create.We should learn to value other's efforts not unmine them.

Blogs are a medium to express one's thoughts or experiences.It maybe the result of other's undermining  the efforts and the talent of the blogger or maybe just an observation.But each thought,each writing should make us introspect. Only then do we learn to analyse,understand and learn either to ignore and continue doing our best,of putting our best foot forward.In my experience,it helps to ignore what others have to say and continue putting our best efforts at achieving anything we want to.