If You’re Not Useful, Your Useless

Common sense wisdom for everyday life.

The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

We are living links in a chain of wisdom, handed down through history.

One axiom developed in that chain is to…BE USEFUL.

Our sense of worth and usefulness is tied to our self-esteem…and to esteem something means to elevate it.

How do we elevate our own worth and usefulness?

How do we esteem ourselves?

Think of the items you value either for their aesthetic or functional quality.

A non-functioning grandfather clock is still valued and useful because it is considered to be a beautiful piece of furniture.