“People have forgotten to be valuable, they are just trying to be important”.

This quote belongs to a Turkish politician, journalist and writer called “Çetin Altan” who has passed away last week at the age of 88.

He claimed that being important is a temporary situation – on the other hand being valuable is permanent and priceless.
He believed that the key for a developed country is in the hands of its valuable people.

So – what makes us valuable?
In my opinion “what we know” makes us valuable,
Our will to expand our knowledge and the way we share it,
Things we do in our spare time,
Values those we respect and believe in,
How we treat people,
The way we make them feel,
The way we talk about them in their absence,
Our willingness to help those who are in need,
Our capability to be happy for others’ achievements,
Everyday trying our best – to become better versions of ourselves, makes us so.

And of course the way we are remembered makes us valuable in the end.

This gentleman who has passed away was a golden child of a nation and certainly was a valuable man himself – a genuine one to be remembered forever.

30.10.2015

TM-Thought of the Day