Money has no memory. Experience has. We will never know what the total cost of our education was, but for a lifetime we will recall and relive the memories of schools and colleges. Few years from now, we will forget the amount we paid to settle the hospitalization bill, but will ever cherish having saved a life or the life you get to live with the just born. We won't remember the cost of our honeymoon, but to the last breath remember the experiences of the bliss of togetherness. Money has no memory. Experience has.
Good times and bad times, times of prosperity and times of poverty, times when the future looked so secure and times when you didn't know from where the tomorrow will come... life has been in one way or the other a roller-coaster ride for everyone. Beyond all that abundance and beyond all that deprivation, what remains is the memory of experiences. Sometimes the wallet was full... sometimes even the pocket was empty. There was enough and we still had reasons to frown. There wasn't enough and we still had reasons to smile. Today, we can look back with tears of gratitude for all the times we had laughed together, and also look back with a smile at all the times we cried alone. All in all, life filled us with experiences to create a history of our own self, and we alone can remember them all.
The first time we balanced ourself on the cycle without support... The first time she said 'yes' when we proposed... The first cry... the first steps... the first word... the first kiss... The first gift we bought for our parents... The first award... the first public appreciation... the first stage performance... And the list is endless... Experiences, with timeless memory... No denying that anything that's material cost money, but the fact remains the cost of the experience will be forgotten, but the experience never.
So, what if it's economic recession? Let it be, but let there not be a recession to the quality of your life. We can still take your parents out, if not on a pilgrimage, at least to the local temple. It doesn't cost money to lie down or to take a loved one onto your lap. Aspects like health, knowledge development and spiritual growth are not economy dependent.
Time will pass... economy will revive... currency will soon be in current... and in all this; I don't want to look back and realize that I did nothing but stayed in gloom. Recession can make us lose out on money. Let it not make us lose out on experiences... If we are not happy with what we have, no matter how much more we have, we will still not be happy.
Make a statement with the way you live your life: How I feel has nothing to do with how much I have..........