Corner stones are very important for any building, without a proper Corner stone the building becomes weak and stands a fair chance of collapsing from its glory to ruins. Though in modern day buildings, corner stones were taken over by pillars yet the importance of corner pillar is very important for the stability of the building. Every building has four Corner Stones holding the walls together and carrying whole lot load of the building. Corner stones decides the integrity of the building.

Similar to the building, our life is also an enclosed building resting and thriving on the corner stones. Those corner stones are family, teachers, friends and society. We become corner stone for others expanding the simple cuboid into a complex social structure with interdependency on one another. In this complex structure if one corner stone is disturbed it will disturb the complete balance of the intertwined human lives.

At an early age we were taught by our family members, then mentored by teachers in school, influenced by friends, we move into the society to teach, mentor and influence. Stronger the corner stones, our life remains strong. All corner stones are equally important.

How to keep corner stones intact? Make sure to abide by family values, follows the morals of life, share wealth and knowledge with others and finally reflect yourself in a positive manner.

What happens if you don’t keep the corner stone? If any corner stone is lost-- its like chair with only three legs, life becomes unstable like balancing on a highline.

Is your corner stone strong enough? Take a deep breath, think for a while, locate your corner stones, assess the condition of your corner stones. Take up a restoration process if required before it gets too late.

In this fast and materialistic world most of the times we forget our corner stones. We are highly focused on success and accumulation of wealth which will harm the values of lives. Our younger generation learn from us so we need to be vigilant and pass on the values of life. Lifestyle can change, life's priorities can change, fashion can change but the corner stones of life shall remain intact.

Hope this article act an eye opener and helps us keeping our corner stones and values of life intact.