For as It Is the Mind That Makes the Body Rich

"For 'tis the mind that makes the body rich; And as the sun breaks through the darkest clouds, So honour peereth in the meanest habit. What is the jay more precious than the lark, Because his fathers are more beautiful?" William Shakespeare "Taming of the Shrew" What it would have been, if not for our minds? Our minds are that part of us that grants value, or takes it away - we are the creators of our own yardsticks - whether we invented them, or accepted them from others. In this short look at things, I ponder the question that arose in me while, watching William Shakespeare's play "Taming of the Shrew."