Have You Found Your Treasure
Like Nick and Jon?
So, I'm watching the movie "National Treasure" last night, starring Nicolas Cage and Jon Voight, where they are searching for an enormous treasure!
After searching for this treasure their entire lives, they find it!!
Just In Case You Haven't Seen National Treasure Yet.
It is not gold and jewels, or even greenback dollars...
The "treasure" is made up of old relics ( like me), namely suits of armor, dusty scrolls, statues, artifacts and such. Yes it was all worth 10 billion dollars (that Nick and Jon only got a tiny percent of), but not what I think of when it comes to treasure.
Which brings us to the point of today's blog...
I know that saying one MAN'S junk is sexist, but that's how the traditional saying goes, unless you say one man's TRASH is another man's treasure, which may be better, because of the alliteration thingy, but still sexist.
As a young lad, I would go over to some unnamed friends house who had, let's say, a stamp collection.
He or she absolutely LOVED that stamp collection, as if it were the most magnificent treasure ever, uh, collected in the history of the known world!
To me, it was kinda boring, but I acted like it was REALLY FANTASTIC, not to hurt anyone's feelings.
I used to be nice like that.
Now, I have an autographed photo of Stan Musial, and even though I know that many thousands of folks have an autographed photo of Stan Musial (Stan was always happy to give anybody an autograph), it is one of my most treasured items.
See there! It says, "To Dan!"
Of course, millions of people around the world do not even know that Stan Musial was one of the greatest baseball players that ever lived, and don't really care. So my precious treasure would be worthless to them.
Back to the point, if there IS a point.
Ben and Patrick Gates (AKA Nicolas Cage and Jon Voight), were completely happy with the "treasure" they found, where, on the other hand, I would have rather found silver and gold...
...than a bunch of dusty museum pieces that I would NEVER go see, even though my 1% of 10 billion dollars (100 million dollars) would give me the opportunity to jet around the world to see them.
I believe I have a point now!
If we can be happy with our "treasures" that we love, albeit a rock collection, beer can collection, vintage automobiles, or whatever, even though others may not view them as treasures, we will never need to go out searching for happiness, wealth, fame, or any of that stuff that most people think will satisfy their desires.
I think that most of us will agree that God and family are our most treasured things, but apart from that, tell us the "treasure" in your life that brings you happiness, even though others may not view it as a treasure at all.
Don't be afraid to share in the comments section, folks! We would LOVE to hear from you!!!
