The synonyms - "Worth" and "Price"
In a beautifully
decorated house, once lived a husband named Mr. Henry and his wife Mrs. Jones.
Mrs. Jones was reading a letter at breakfast. While reading it, she suddenly
looked up at her husband and said, “I have just received a letter from my
mother, saying that she isn't accepting the invitation to come and stay with
us, as we are not willing to invite her. What does she mean by that? We never
told her this. We have always been very eager to have her at our house".
She was lost in thoughts. Immediately she asked her husband (as a
confirmation), if he had written that she was to come at her own convenience.
Mr. Henry faltered a bit, and said “err, yes, I did”.
After a while, he said, “Actually, I couldn't
spell the word “convenience” so instead I
wrote “risk”.
I presume, you
can now make out the whole meaning of the letter which said she had
to come at her own risk.
A little twist in words changed the meaning completely. Right.
In English, the
words "Worth" and "Price" are
synonyms but adding the suffix “less” makes their meaning poles
apart.
Worthless means good for nothing and Priceless means invaluable and so precious that its value cannot be determined.
You know, Guru sahib uses both these words in the same
sentence. Do you want to know how?
He says, " The life we have is priceless because
it isn't found again and again, yet, we are wasting it by engaging in worthless tasks
that aren't going to help us grow.
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