Knowing the Worth

As humans, we have the capabilities to reach the highest peak of Mount Everest, dive into the bottom of the Mariana trench, and fly to the Moon and even beyond. But at some point, we face obstacles; our capacity reaches its limit. There comes a situation when we can't aim for the sky even if they say the sky's the limit.

They have said it right and I too agree that sky's the limit— the sky of one's own. To me, the sky seems to be the most dubious element of nature, hovering over the head with no pillar to support or rope to hang it from the top. It looks like a blue canvas in an oval shape bending over the horizon— only a mile away yet a distance never managed to overcome. And it remains just one mile away no matter how close you go, that one mile never shortens to zero. On top of that, the distance shifts depending on the perspective— some people find it surprisingly closer while some others find it afar— beyond their imagination.

Actually, it all depends on how we see things, how we place ourselves compared to the elements around us. As this is somewhat psychological, we always attempt to judge anything focused on our capabilities, a subconscious process developed on our self-esteem or the value we have in society.

Although social value is something often questioned of its legitimacy, still, the minority cannot overlook the impact it has on their life. We often see it as a barrier in our thinking process. In fact, it manipulates the way we imagine or fantasise about possibility and its version of certainty. And in the process, we undermine what we are truly worth. But we should not forget that we are entitled to a certain degree of worthiness— those with better capability are certainly worth more and vice versa.

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See this bottle cap? It was lying on the beach when I took this photo. As an obvious thing, it is exposed to the foamy water of the sea but it can only contain as much as it has the space to hold. And it doesn’t matter if it is drowned in the water— eventually, the water will retreat to the sea when it's low tide. All that will be left is the cap and the little water it has accumulated.

Our life can be represented even with this tiny cap on the beach. The sea in front of it is the available resources out there our life can gather but only depending on its capability. Now, similar to this bottle cap, our life is exposed to the vast potential of the universe.

They come to our reach every now and then but only stays the portion we can hold. The bigger the capacity our life has, the more it can gather and hold at the end. That’s how it works but there are people who are not satisfied with what they get. This creates a state of dissatisfaction even after the reservoir inside is already full. A pathetic bunch of souls they are.