I value what is here too much

Indeed, contentment makes me value what is here too much.

I have read Lauren Bacall’s self-titled memoir and I really felt a deep affinity with one of the most beautiful persons ever to grace the screen. It’s a product of one’s deepest emotions and I should say she’s really very honest in this tell-all tale. What made me remember this book was the very last line. 

Here’s how it goes:

"I am not ashamed of what I am—of how I pass through this life. What I am has given me the strength to do it. At my lowest ebb I have never contemplated suicide. I value what is here too much. I have a contribution to make. I am not just taking up space in this life. I can add something to the lives I touch. I don’t everything I know about myself, and I’ll never be satisfied, but nobody’s perfect. I don’t know where the next years will take me—what they will hold—but I’m open to suggestions."

I’d like to tell this to myself time and again. That I shouldn’t be ashamed of who I am. That I should be thankful for whatever blessings that come my way and for whatever troubles that I have surpassed. I know I have lives to touch. I know I have a mission to fulfill. And I know don’t know what and where life will bring me, but I am sure that before it comes to pass, I will reach wherever I have to be.