Your availability does not mean you are valuable.

AVAILABLE OR VALUABLE?

You must have heard the phrase "When the preferable is not available, the available becomes preferable." Availability is never a true indication of value, in fact, excessive availability is likely to drive down the value of something. Sand, water, and air (compounds of the most abundant elements on earth oxygen, and silica) are some of the most available substances in the world, but people do not accrue so much value them as should be, because of their availability. The scarcity of any of these will easily remind you of how valuable and important they really are.

You are a unique entity, made for a purpose, you must always create value, and make impacts wherever you go. Nevertheless, you must apply great wisdom with how you make yourself available and accessible. This is not to say you should become inaccessible to those whom you are supposed to impact, but to eleminate familiarity which breeds contempt.

It is always better to leave the stage when the ovation is loudest, because after that moment, you might begin to lose the respect you have earned through the value you have created. If you leave at the right time, your value is kept intact, and you are more likely to be called upon when situations that need your expertise arises. You should be in charge of all that corncern you, take control of your time, and be wise enough to give yourself that break when necessary.

Rather than make yourself unnecessarily available, be delibrate about improving yourself and making yourself more valuable. Your availability should not make you preferable, but your value should ignite a call for your availability. Work towards being an asset, rather than a liability. Go bury yourself, water, nurture, and equip yourself with all that you need to be valuable, and sprout out of the ground blossoming unhindered.

Kamikun John, Author 366 days of wisdom.