Shanty Socialite

The most basic question I faced while watching the movie, “The Joy Luck Club” was, “What is my worth? It might be an ordinary dialogue design to add more drama, but the question was so striking which I couldn't simply ignore.

Amy Tan did a good job writing this novel, and Wayne Wang for putting this in the big picture. The story focuses on four Chinese immigrants families in San Francisco who started the club known as "The Joy Luck Club".

For a non-movie fanatic, the story may be a bit confusing because it's a story within a story which some people can hardy follow.

Many times in my life, I was dropped, crumpled, and ground into the dirt by the decisions I made and the circumstances around. When I hit a wall of failure, it was often resulted in feelings of worthlessness.

Those were the moments wherein, I just found myself sitting back and pitying myself. I based my life’s worth then on what I can do and what I own.

But attending a Christian fellowship for some years taught me to trust on what God says about me. Not on what I knew and not what I saw or heard from the world. It took me through a time of rediscovery, affirming myself clearly that I was on the right track and that my worth was still derived from the truth that I am created in His image.

These truths helped me securely understand that I have a great worth. My worth is given by God and can’t be taken away by failures.