Treasure - Faith
Maa kuru dhana jana yauvana garvam
Harati nimeshaat kala sarvam
Maya-mayamidam Akhilam hitvaa
Brahma padam tvam pravisha vidhitva
-Sri Adi Sankarar
My friends and family are my biggest treasure, I have infintely re-iterated Emerson’s ‘Friends are the ornaments of a house.’
Secondly, I treasure my body and health.
But, I also COMPLETELY agree with Adi Sankarar in I should not be proud of myself due to the wealth/health/status in society I possess. All of this can be wiped away in a single second. What cannot be wiped away and will be the true treasure is our faith.
Without faith, plan, perseverence, persistence, and patience, the four virtues I believe in, will have no further progress. Also, faith acts as a glue to bring together these 4 habits, individually they are nothing more than silliness. Reverse is also true. Faith is not just a 5 letter word, to acheive it you need the 4Ps. I guess I have just discovered a spiritual theorem 
As a kid, faith comes from outside in, parents and teachers begin to plant it in us. As we grow, we need to have faith in ourselves, and hence, stems from inside out.
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4P does form a big treasure…
Comment by Rambler — January 15, 2008 @ 2:26 am
Very nice take.. And what wise words… “Maa Kuu..” by Adi Shankarar.. you had me reciting them…
The treasure
Comment by Preethi — January 15, 2008 @ 12:22 pm
Indeed! Those are the treasures…
Comment by Tumblewords — January 15, 2008 @ 12:44 pm
faith as i know it is a perfect eternal treasure…
Comment by LittleWing — January 16, 2008 @ 4:05 pm
I think just being here is a treasure — and you are right about all you said.
Comment by Susan Helene Gottfried — January 17, 2008 @ 8:38 pm