Values

Values are not trendy items that are casually traded in.

~ Ellen Goodman

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I wonder if most people see their values has valuable.  As having literal value.  I don't mean something on which you put a price tag.  I don't mean something with which you barter for other goods, services, or values.  In effect, they are priceless.  You can't put a dollar amount on the things which comprise your essence or being, can you?

But once you give up or sell-out on your values, are they really gone?  Are they gone forever in a way you can't get them back?  If one's values can change over time, can they be retrieved if you have compromised them in some way in the past?  Maybe they are always in flux and adapting to the moment, the experience, the situation at hand.

If there was a store called "Values Mart" I would go there.  It would be interesting to see what values they had for sale.  And what the packaging looked like for the values.  And what the costs would be for different values.

Though, I think they ought to change the name to "Values Emporium" to make it more alluring.