The Collection of One
The value of a Life is often assigned to the material value of one’s accumulated collection. The material far outweighs the spiritual, intellectual or character of a being. We weigh the gravity of a loss of life by the height of a person’s accomplishment rather than the value of their life’s works. When one stops to think, does the value of an actor creating cinematic joy for a fleeting moment in time and a truck driver delivering food to a grocery store for an entire career stack up the same? One feeds you for a moment in time, while the other is responsible for your literal daily bread. Does the playing of a sport bring more value to a society than the therapist who spends their life in the effort of mending fences and broken hearts? In this world, our value is based on jealously, we elevate those which we most want to be like. We do so in the breath of admiration and hatred. Is there really much difference between the person who idealizes the vocal pro athlete for th