THE VALUE OF THINGS
by: Mario Cervantes
"A man can have the whole world in his hand but if it doesn't have love, then he has nothing" - Jesus
Jason was a young. He had a gorgeous girlfriend, a rich family, a full wallet and there was nothing out of his reach in his life.
Despite having it all an event occurred that made him see his life was worthless, Jason learned that the value of things wasn't the same that the price.
Jason's journey began when his rich grandfather, owner of a huge oil company passed away. Everything the man owned was given to his sons and grandsons and surprisingly Jason received nothing. Nothing but a series of instructions he had to do in order to receive a "special gift". He hesitated at first bu, thinking it was a waste of time and somehow stupid. At the end he managed to complete the tasks left by his grandfather.
Doing these tasks led Jason to do things in life he'd never done before such as: working at a farm, sleep on the streets, recognize which people in his life were really "true friends", travel to foreign countries, being kidnapped, etc.. By the end of the task list, he did received a "special gift" or as i see it, he received 2.
One of them was the whole company owned by his grandfather, but a company doesn't really last long. One day it will pass away just like everything else on this world. The most precious gift he received was knowing what exactly love is and the true value of this. Throughout his journey, Jason learned money isn't the source of happiness, buying love can't be done. The death of his best friend made him understand money neither can buy a life.
Jason understood things that have true value can't even be seen. Jason's grandfather wanted him to understand these things at first so he could take the rein of the company, he also met the love of his life by the end of the movie. Jason learned values like humility, love, joy, hope, etc. Furthermore he learned his purpose in life.
we've all been taught from our childhood to work in order to get money and become an "important person". In part this is true, but as we grow up we start to see money as an end instead of the mean it is. We're socially conditioned to learn money is everything in life and despite we've heard this old cliché since always, most people don't manage to understand it or think to understand it but their lives preach something different.
The son goes up, the son goes down and all the work made under that sun should and will stay there. What benefit do we have from the land if it should stay there ?. Therefore we should seek after the eternal things, those that will last forever, those that the lord commanded us to do, the most important, to love each other as we love ourselves. If doing this guarantees me an eternal life, then we should be more concerned on doing these actions. After the statement written , we can see how Jason learned that "value" and "price" are different words. And a life spent on the search of material things is the same as wasting it.
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