Measure Your Value; Are You Worth More Than Your Assets?

What would happen if you ignored your car? We know that it takes maintenance to keep the car functioning. It takes a collection of duties to keep the car not only running but running efficiently with minimum deterioration. A car needs regular oil changes to keep its engine in good shape, it needs to be washed regularly and even waxed once in a while. With a car, you should take care of minor concerns as soon as you can to prevent serious problems and expensive repairs later on. Timely care and proper maintenance almost always ensures a longer life span for a car. It even considers the safety of its passengers. To add, even though it may seem to depreciate over the years, if it has been taken care of and shown to have maintained its superior quality, recognition is once again given to it; recognition of an even higher value than before in some cases. I can’t think of a better analogy when it comes to describing the importance of maintaining your body, and your value. Preventative maintenance for a car helps it to run in good condition, maintain value, and stay useful. The same for a person helps them to live in good condition, stay functional, keep a realization of their worth, and extend life expectancy. Similar, right?

Here’s a check-off list for you and your car. Check a list of things that you should do to take care of your car, and things you should do to take care of you. How many do you do from each list? (You should be doing everything, or having everything on the car check-off list done, and you should be doing everything on the “You” check-off list. Certainly, if you are doing more on the car check-off list, then you have some work to do on you. )



Car Maintenance
Wash Car
Maintain proper fuel for your car
Maintain Interior/Keep inside clean
Check Fluids
Oil Change
Engine Coolant, Antifreeze
Transmission Fluid
Windshield Wiper Fluid
Battery Water
Check Engine Light
Check Tires
Tune Up
Alignment and balance
Read the owner’s manual
Tend to fixing problems immediately
Lock your doors  Keep thieves out
Get a paint job, and get a wax



“You” Maintenance
Cleanse your body well
Eat a healthy diet for your body type
Keep a healthy heart and mind – Keep clean positive thoughts
Detoxify your body
Drink plenty of water – free from contaminants, but rich in the essential minerals
Cleanse Colon
Fast, or use special herbs to cleanse your system periodically
Use only natural soaps and filtered water on skin and properly brush skin
Get massages
Stay in tune with your body – aware of your emotions and body signals
Elevate your energy and vibrations, keep yourself moving and functioning at a high level
Exercise, or stay active
Balance chakras
Study and know your body – know what your body likes and dislikes, foods your body likes and dislikes, etc.
Don’t ignore your body, take proper care when you are injured or sick
Avoid having negative people in your life
Take pride and value in your appearance and the way you dress yourself

How serious is this really? If your car breaks down at unexpected moment, the worst moment, you might not be able to pick the kids up from school, you might not get to work on time, you could lose your job, get stuck in the rain, or have to go into your hard earned savings for expensive repairs. This is all why you want to use preventative maintenance, to prevent as best as you can malfunctions that can be prevented, and avoid inconveniences in your day and in your finances. Most people at least perform the basics for keeping their car running, because it’s important to them and their lifestyle.

Now, if your body breaks down at an unexpected moment, you might not be able to have kids, you might not be able to work any job, you could lose your life, or get stuck in depression, have to go into money that you don’t even have just to search for treatments for an illness...Much worse, right?

While taking care of your car, or taking care of yourself, no matter how much we seem to be taking care, unexpected things sometimes still occur…and while there’s a reason for everything, sometimes we may not be able to find or understand it. This is why you want to do your best to take preventative measures to prevent as much mishap and negativity, as you knowingly can, as possible. Doing this, you will surely have a smoother ride, in your car or in your life, compared to if you don’t.

Though this might have been a highly suitable analogy, your human body, which is a temple that encompasses your mind and soul, is far more important than a car. I hope you know that already. However, for many, their actions may not show it. This is just a good way to send a “light bulb” off in our heads to observe how we sometimes give more care and attention to everything but ourselves, when we should be at the top of the list of our assets.

I challenge you to start valuing yourself more than your car. Seriously. There’s surely nothing wrong with valuing your possessions, such as your car. I encourage you to get that oil changed, and check under the hood every once and a while to check the fluids! (This goes for us ladies too!) More importantly, I encourage you to value yourself… keep this check-off list if you don’t always take care of yourself like you should, and use it to remind yourself how important you are. You are worth more than any material things on this earth. Your car is a big investment, but you are the bank. To make things even better, once you are striving to become a “richer” you, you will begin to attract richer things in your life. Speaking of cars, it’s kind of like when you first buy a certain car and then you begin to notice that same type of car everywhere…When you change for the better, so will your surroundings. You deserve and have a duty to shine more than a brand new car off the lot… so get to it!