Arrange the following in order of your preference, i.e. starting from the most preferable thing you have to gradually go down to pick the thing which you prefer the least. Though all entries in the list have much relevance to anyone’s life, not everyone’s final list will tally exactly with that of others.
· Time
· Health
· Money
· Love
· Freedom
You can compare one thing with every other in the list to determine that thing’s importance according to you, like what I have done here:
· Time
If you have time you can:
Ø Look after your health.
Ø Earn money.
Ø Pursue your love; and
Ø Enjoy your freedom.
· Health
If you have health you can:
Ø Work more number of hours and save time.
Ø Work more number of hours and earn accordingly.
Ø Losing your health means losing your freedom.
Ø However, no sound health can even remotely guarantee you love.
· Money
If you have money you can:
Ø Have ten people to do your work and yet the work done could not be of your liking. So it doesn’t mean more money means more time.
Ø Money also doesn’t guarantee you health. Money can get you the most expensive treatment but not before you lose your health.
Ø Money can give you the means and ways to pursue your love but still it doesn’t guarantee you love.
Ø More money doesn’t equals to more freedom.
· Love
Ø Love cannot guarantee you time.
Ø Love can make you work harder for your health.
Ø It can also make you work harder for money.
Ø However, it cannot guarantee you freedom.
· Freedom
Ø Freedom means having time and enjoying it too.
Ø Freedom doesn’t necessarily transform into a good health.
Ø Freedom can allow you to make money by your means and wishes.
Ø Like time, freedom also means that you can pursue your love for anything.
So, for me ‘time' is the best contender among all five, as it allows you to have everything viz. health, money, love and freedom.
Second best to me is ‘freedom,’ as it allows you to have a bit of everything. It loses the top slot only because ‘time’ fair better when it comes to looking after your health.
The third place is safely being held by ‘health,’ as it can guarantee you ‘time’ and ‘money,’ but it loses its strength when it comes to securing ‘love’ and ‘freedom’. Meet any celebrity, they are in their best shapes, but are they free or, have they always been reciprocated by their love? May be not.
The fourth slot is being held by ‘love’ which is clueless about ‘time’ and ‘freedom,’ the crucial ones.
At fifth and last position is ‘money,’ damn… it doesn’t guarantee you anything, not even love or freedom.
THE END
© Anchit Barnwal
