{"id":9624,"date":"2024-07-27T15:36:23","date_gmt":"2024-07-27T14:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lili-sorum.com\/en\/?p=9624"},"modified":"2024-07-27T15:37:09","modified_gmt":"2024-07-27T14:37:09","slug":"value-or-price-tag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lili-sorum.com\/en\/value-or-price-tag\/","title":{"rendered":"Value, or price tag?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Value, or price tag?<\/span><\/h1>\n

Have we lost our values …<\/h2>\n

When did these two concepts get confused?<\/h2>\n

I can understand that we may be in a situation where we first take a look at the price on the shelf and only after that we focus on the product \u2013 buying the cheapest dish detergent, for example, and not the one we would choose otherwise. I do not understand, however, that this has been transferred to concepts such as Love, friendship & partnership. We are ready to (more or less) help out, giving our time and attention; we also may do some light work; but when it comes to money, things change. I know people who would prefer to drill a hole in their knee (that’s an expression in Slovenian language), than give some money away. Usually, they turn their back on the very same people who stood by them with advice, love, attention, help\u2026<\/p>\n

To be honest, we don\u2019t necessarily have trouble spending a few euros\/dollars for a cup of coffee with our friends, yet, somehow we find it more difficult to donate that same amount of money to someone on the street, begging for food.<\/p>\n

Seriously, when did we lose it?<\/b><\/p>\n

As a society \u2013 when did it become acceptable for someone to be homeless or ask for food?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Let\u2019s take a look back, shall we: what we today like to call \u2018primitive community\u2019 did no such thing. The elderly, children, and women have always been taken care of. Homelessness did not exist. Come to think of it, maybe we should return to living in the caves (wink). Perhaps that is the point of earthquakes, tsunamis, and other natural disasters.<\/p>\n

We have almost completely lost our touch with nature. Children draw purple cows and say that apples grow in the store, etc.\u00a0 Our children would have a very hard time trying to survive in, what we call, the wild \u2013 but should call Nature, our home \u2013 if they would be able to survive at all. They were taught it\u2019s bad to jump in the mud because it is dirty; instead of being encouraged to connect to our beautiful Mother Earth. Whether we like it or not, she bestows everything we need for Life.<\/p>\n

The world of consumption is a world of blindness.<\/b><\/p>\n

Beautiful bags in shopping malls are actually the cellophane wrapped around the inhuman suffering of animals for slaughter. If you do not have compassion for our animal brothers, think of all the diseases, injuries, and trauma they have suffered and that is now in the meat that you eat. Internet provides pictures of animals, full of tumors \u2013 meat was chopped and ground, now a part of *Uncle Ben\u2019s* sauce (for example). We know everything revolves around money in the world of consumption, including health inspection etc.<\/p>\n

Because it is packaged, we are more likely to buy the very same product, which we would have ignored, had it not been properly wrapped in shiny paper. Desigual is nothing more than the ethnic style of clothing \u2013 fabric, which they can purchase in Peru at ridiculously low prices and is then sold for a nice sum. Usually, the person who manufactured the products sold to a retail chain can barely cover the costs. Many European people dislike America\u2019s way of life, but, in all honesty, they are headed in exactly the same direction. Native Americans said: \u2018\u2019How can we sell the blue of the sky?\u2019\u2019 They didn\u2019t have words for: property, lie, cheat, to own, to steal\u2026 these things were not known to them. Yet, we claim them to be the savages and us to be educated & civilized.<\/span><\/p>\n

When did human life lose its value?<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

When did we allow us to become just a number?<\/span><\/p>\n

Money can\u2019t buy health and you can\u2019t buy Love, and yet, we seem to be much more dedicated to making money than we do to achieve good health or loving relationships. Now, some may say, money is necessary to survive, of course. Doesn\u2019t common sense tell you we need health more than a positive balance in the bank account in order to actually survive?<\/p>\n

We have come so far that we will privatize water. Some go into nature, gather crystals and sell them at high, sometimes absurd prices. We are making a fool out of Life.<\/p>\n

Life knows what it is doing. We (usually) do not.<\/b><\/p>\n

Great Mystery knows, we sometimes have no clue.<\/b><\/p>\n

Each of us is a part of a whole. Have we forgotten that?<\/b><\/p>\n

Where in this mosaic do we see ourselves?<\/b><\/p>\n

Which shade of gray are YOU? <\/b><\/p>\n

How many times have you unintentionally acted as described above? Each individual can choose to carry the shackles of consumerism or do their best to break them. You may offer a helping hand and you may accept it. Only you can donate more time, Love, understanding, and warmth \u2013 and accept it. Let\u2019s start with \u2018The man in the mirror\u2019 \u2013 let\u2019s be an example.<\/p>\n

Every one of you, who read these lines, is a valuable and priceless human being.<\/b><\/p>\n

Realize this.<\/p>\n

You, who read this text to the last line: You are unique<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Now, let\u2019s make this world a better place, together. It all starts with You.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

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With Love, LiLi SoRuM<\/p>\n

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