value what you have

Syllable breakdown

Dictionary meaning

an exhortation to appreciate and make full use of the resources, relationships, capacities, and circumstances one currently possesses rather than constantly directing attention toward what is lacking, desired, or imagined to exist elsewhere; in health contexts the phrase encourages gratitude for one's current level of health and functioning, often crystallised by the experience of illness, injury, or the observation of others' suffering; it also functions as a counsel of stewardship — to maintain and protect what one has rather than consuming it carelessly on the assumption that it will always be available; the philosophy underlying the phrase resists the consumerist logic of perpetual dissatisfaction and desire, proposing instead a mode of engaged appreciation for present reality