Rarity

We tend to value what is rare more than what is plentiful. For example, I still hand write letters to members of my family on their birthdays. Handwritten letters have become rare and so I value writing and receiving them, more than, say, emails. Great tits and blue tits are common in our garden, but when I spot the rarer golden chaffinch or a great spotted woodpecker at our birdfeeder, my heart skips a beat. Time is also rare; the ultimate non-renewable resource. So how you spend your time, and with who, is another way to share a rarity.

— Wayne Visser

From Purpose Inspired: Reflections on Conscious Living, Volume 4. Buy on Lulu ↗