The Value of Things That Matter

Every look a book of car values? The exact same car can has different values depending on who is selling it and to who. A 2007 Mercedes CLK350 is worth $24,912 if you buy if from a dealer but if moments before you traded it in to that same dealer the book says that it is worth $19,912. If you sell it yourself then it is only worth $22,412. The book is written to always favor the dealer. The dealer doesn't care about the car, just the profit. You can learn a lot from knowing that.

We spend too much time lobbying politicians and people in high places hoping that they will establish a moral compass for our nation. We ask them to make laws that are fair, laws the heal, laws that are just. The mistake that we make is not understanding that they are in the game for the same reason as the dealer is. You have to know your own worth and what progress is worth. Moments can't be replaced, they are just missed opportunities unrealized. We as a country must not lay our democracy in the hands of people who don't really care about it. There is no such thing as a "do nothing" congress because "doing nothing" is something. We make the mistake of putting the things that we value in the wrong hands.