Price and priceless

"Those things you can buy have no value but have a price. Those things you cannot buy have value and are priceless"

Debasish Mridha

It mid-week already beloved. Happy Wednesday and Easter week.I am glad to say that; I am cool and waiting for the Easter Sunday, when the party of the month will come. Pop my champagne and feel alright with good friends just like other big past days like Christmas and new year. Hope we are all preparing well and soundly for that too.

Yesterday night had a party rocking inside my neighbors compound. They had a very loud speaker and that rubbed me off my sleep for the second time this week. The first was the chainsaw and now is the loud speaker. They continued playing songs till after late hour and from then till early morning. I was wondering for the first time people play a song like that till morning, disturbing the neighborhood. I had to close my eyes till I dosed off.

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This morning after washing up, I was thinking about what to write and I came up with this. Writing about "priceless" I was inspired by the second time of having a disturbance in my house from noise pollution. The priceless sleep and priceless relaxation I was denied of by the loud noise from the chainsaw and now the loud speaker. No one could buy sleep or even buy rest. So they are priceless if you all agree with that.

This is life, we have come once and we are to live once. Life is what we have to live and as we live it, we will always want to make it better. This is one reason why everyone wants a good life and despite that, it is what we deserve. We come once and live once for life; life is priceless.

In this life, we have money to support and supply all our need whenever we fall short of anything. We buy food and with the same money, we make shelter available. We buy clothing's and make ups, and have enough in store for ourselves. That is really what makes life worth living. There are other valuables that money can buy for us and they include:

• Friendship.

Trust and betrayal, always has a case to settle. It not a new thing anymore hearing about heartbreak and disappointment from people who you think are walking together. Since olden days till now, it has been happening and still will happen in future. Fake friends are the reason why someone made a quote that "the angel you don't know are much bigger than the angel you know" .

When someone is suffering, the person seems to have fewer number of friends that can give help, but why is it always that when someone becomes rich and wealthy, the person seems to have even cat and dogs as friends. Everyone goes close and closer to the person. Some who has forgotten you are a brother or sister to them will then start calling you their brother and sister. Life can be ironical. Rich people have friends and with their money, they can make thousands of friends as many as they want, but when the money goes, all those fakestars will go away leaving you alone.. "in the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, bit the silence of our friends".. Martin Luther king Jr

• Relation/Family

Yes. Money can buy relationship and family. I have seen a man who was banned by his community for commiting murder severally. This man became rich and went to a far place to marry a wife. As he went, he was asked to come with his family and siblings as the tradition demands they will be present. He went back to and because he was rich, be had so many volunteers to become his family. Both men and women and even some of his village people where there to see the success of the marriage. So, in so many other instances, money can buy friends and family.

• Love

When you're rich, everyone will love and like to be with you. You will be popular and will receive a lot of respect and care from both people you know and you don't know. Money can buy love, especially as in the case of women. Sorry to say that some women left their relationship and marriage for richer and wealthy men . By so speaking, money can buy love.

• Positions

This is majorly seen in politics and this politics is everywhere. In school, workplaces and even in church. Some position are only for the rich in the church, school and everywhere. It seems to be worse in the countries election and political matters. People can be anything in position by bribe. Because they have money, they buy certain political position even before the election starts, they already have a ghost leader waiting for the chips to settle. This is everywhere and it a problem to humanity. Unqualified people who are wealthier becomes the ruler and office holders, sitting on a seat meant for a qualified person.

• Health

People say that "health is wealth" and I agree totally to that. In the same way the other way round, "wealth is health" Here in my country, so many people have died from not having enough money to pay for a medical surgery or even enough money to deposit deposit for a surgery. This is so bad and the worse is that, the richer people don't waste their time here, they fly overseas for medication. This is still happening till now. The pain of watching your loved ones doe in pain because of no money. It unbearable and heartbreaking. Some people who have enough money for hospital bills can even place their aged parents on life support as long as they wish. Money can buy good health.

• Freedom

This has another common instance. There are people who are convicted of a crime they did not commit all because they are seen as the poor, while the real culprit are left to go away freely. Some rich people even when found guilty and are to be sentenced to long prison terms, they buy their freedom through bribery and let go of the suffering. It is still happening and the poor are still suffering from that.

People say that money can buy everything, but I say that money cannot buy everything. Countless number of things that can't be bought with money. To have wealth is such a blessing and a beautiful thing for man, but there are limits where this money can go in making life provisions and solving life problems.

• Peace

Money is far from peace and making peace. When two people are at war or crises/ loggerhead. Money won't and can't solve it to restore peace. There are wealthy and rich people who have everything they want, but do not have peace of mind. If it can be bought, they would have bought every piece of them available. When there is peace among people, say like in home, office and other places, there is forward movement and progress. Peace is cool to live with and makes life comfortable. A life without peace is restless.

• True love

Another thing that money, no matter the amount can't buy is true love. People can fake love and accept you because of your wealth. This is one if the reason why it is said that "all glitter are not gold" There is no true love in the market as my cousin will always say. True love is scarce, it is rare and one in a million...

"True love that is deep, abiding love that is impervious to emotional whims or fancy is a choice. It's a constant commitment to a person regardless of the present circumstances"...Mark Manson

• Rest and Sleep

Here comes my inspiration. When I couldn't sleep because of my noisy environment, I still was feeling sleepy, but couldn't sleep. Even when I closed my eyes for some minutes, I open it and cover my ears because as the noise enters my ears, it makes me more uncomfortable and the more sleep stays far from my eyes. Has anyone had an experience where he or she is resting/sleeping and someone shouts close to the person? this continuous noise made me awake while even lying down on my bed for hours. It never funny.

In a situation where someone is unable to rest and can't sleep, which happens and is happening to many (insomnia). No amount of money would buy it for them. If I could buy them when I was disturbed, I would just move on and make some ordering.

• Life.

This can only be a gift from nature to mankind. Life is priceless. The air we breathe keeps is going and the cost of oxygen alone says a lot to the value of the priceless gift of life. So many people at the hospital are crying for the doctors to save their life and people pay a huge amount of money to live longer by treatment.No one has a spare life to live. That's why we have to be careful and live life carefully. We can't buy it back or for someone Life is priceless

• Time

This is what everyone on earth has in common. It is free and keeps slow and steady. One thing I learnt about time is that even though it walks slowly, people are still running after it today, in other to meet up with their plans and schedules

"Time is free but it’s priceless. You can’t own it, but you can use it. You can’t keep it but you can spend it. Once you’ve lost it, you can never get it back.". Harvey MacKay

Closing thoughts

In the priceless, we found ourselves and provide things of value, attaching prices to them. We have a priceless life, we try to make our lives better by having what we want. Today, we have to be thankful for what we have and how rich we are. Since we are alive, we have it all. We have the priceless which is life. So therefore, we should enjoy our time, enjoy our friends and enjoy our family. Let live the best for this one time opportunity of life.

Thanks for reading and have a beautiful Easter week...

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