Here I am, taking a weekend to drive across the state. Not to say I won't enjoy it. But there are moments, where I just can't wrap my head around some idea of being a good son. I mean, sure, every parent has certain expectations, but I think that my parents didn't expect anything from me. So therefor, I am a success. Which is really more of a default. I mean, looking at my sister as a freshman in high school, I see her as having exponentially more potential than I. Not to say I feel worthless. Far from it. I see my worth as novelty and sincerity, with a hint of the absurd. But she seems like she might one day, I don't know, cure cancer or create a just system of law.
However, I feel that once we start attaching worth to various traits, it's a weird way to view things. How much is this relationship worth? How much are my friends worth? How much are we worth to society? Quite frankly, I don't want to know. And I don't thing we should know. Imagine people walking around knowing they are worth nothing. TRRBL.
I would like to think you really can't figure out worth until the moment of worth. Sure, that kid who sits in the back of the room and doesn't talk seems like a waste, but wait until he makes that insightful comment. Or the moment when the seemingly ridiculously annoying kid gets a slot on a radio talk show, etc. Insert your own example here.
And don't even get me started on what it means to be "worth" something to society. Stupid society. And its "values". and "quotation marks".
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not that my perception of worth matters - but you are worth lots to me!
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