What's Important
It's amazing how easily we can lose sight of what's important.
Here's something I see often with my kids and their cousins... They will all be together and suddenly one of the cousins picks up a toy that hasn't been touched in weeks or months... Next thing you know, that's the most important thing in the world for all the kids. They're suddenly all wanting it. Fighting over it. Whining over it. Crying over it.
Here's what's really funny. I don't think adults are all that much different by default. We see something someone else got, or got to do, and suddenly our whole life is measured by that single thing. Our life may be going just great but suddenly gets worse simply because we lose sight of what's important. We somehow see that one thing that our friend or foe got, and that's suddenly what's important.
When we take our eyes off of what's important we will inevitably be disappointed.
Here's something I see often with my kids and their cousins... They will all be together and suddenly one of the cousins picks up a toy that hasn't been touched in weeks or months... Next thing you know, that's the most important thing in the world for all the kids. They're suddenly all wanting it. Fighting over it. Whining over it. Crying over it.
Here's what's really funny. I don't think adults are all that much different by default. We see something someone else got, or got to do, and suddenly our whole life is measured by that single thing. Our life may be going just great but suddenly gets worse simply because we lose sight of what's important. We somehow see that one thing that our friend or foe got, and that's suddenly what's important.
When we take our eyes off of what's important we will inevitably be disappointed.
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