Exchanges
Remember when we were little kids, and how we used to exchange marbles, cards, or toys with one another? Even now, we make exchanges everyday in our lives. But how do we make the decision whether or not to exchange something? It's about the value of both items, and which of them we attribute a greater or equal value to. For example...
- You're willing to fork out some money to buy a shirt, because the shirt is of greater value to you than the cash you'd spent.
- You're willing to pay several hundred, or even several thousand dollars to go on a trip overseas, because the experience is worth more to you than the sum of money.
- You're willing to exchange time playing a computer game, to work on an assignment instead. Because your studies or grades matter more to you than the game (right?? :)
- You're willing to give up watching an episode of your favourite program on TV, to catch up with a friend for dinner. Because you value your friendship more than the show.
- You're willing to wake up in the middle of the night to listen and help a friend in need, because your friendship is worth more to you than those hours of sleep.
- You're willing to swallow your pride to apologise to a relative or friend, because your relationship is more important to you than your ego.
- Jesus was willing to lay His life at the cross, because He valued God's will above His own. God was willing to make the exchange, because our lives are worth so much to Him (John 3:16). Mind-blowing...
What do we value? And what are our priorities?
What we value determines our choices, and how we set our priorities. Which also determine our actions and their consequences.
The way we live our lives reflects what we value, and what our priorities are.
So what do we reflect in the way we live our lives?
posted by GraceL at 9:37 AM
4 Comments:
There are only limited copies.. and Laza still says he isn't charging for them. And because there are only limited copies, he said he didn't wanna put up a list for people to sign up because he was worried that he may not be able to produce the numbers to fulfill the orders. I could try getting a copy for you if you want. =)
Btw, do you have the pics Jue Ying took at Del's party? I'd like to have copies of it too, please! =) Thank you so very much! *smiles*
Jenn, that'll be great, thanks :)
I'll check the size of the files, and try to email them to you. Hopefully won't end up flooding your mailbox... *smile*
hello jie! havent been here in pretty long and first thing i see is this really econs related blog entry! oh my! well at least till i got till the last bullet pt. (: seeyouuuusooooooooooon (:
Err...
I no study econs, so is that a good thing or bad thing? ;)
Seeya soooooon :)
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