Not only do more of us need to comprehend the need to prioritize what we should or should not be doing with our lives, but more people need to actually spend time thinking about this very thing; for if we don’t understand how to use our time and serve our interests best, then we aren’t going to accomplish the important things that would make our lives more of value.
To live in a material world in which so many of us get caught up in the various “rat races” that we feel that we need to be a part of makes it more difficult for us to step away from all that to understand better that perhaps that isn’t the race that we should be running or overly concerning ourselves about. Indeed, to believe that the purpose of our life, is that we need to be forever competitive in the things that we do and try to accomplish, misunderstands that a better mindset is that which understands the value of collaboration, instead.
So too, many of us consistently miss the forest for the trees, with our wrong devotion to material things and various achievements which serve to distract us from the understanding that what is most important in life is actually our relationships one to the other. The mistake that so many of intelligence and talent make is to apply themselves diligently to what they feel that they must do, believing that more material assets or things of that ilk, will bring lasting happiness and joy, without properly comprehending that this pursuit is when looked at properly, a mirage, for in actuality, what we need to recognize is that life has far more meaning to it, other than the material things that we have accumulated, for in the end, that which we truly possess, is the goodness that we have passed on to one another, and no more.
For all those who are fortunate to live a long and apparently fruitful life, who decide that in their late age that they wish to reflect upon their achievements and accomplishments, few truly believe that the money that they have stored up in the bank is somehow their greatest achievement. Rather, what people innately appreciate more than anything, is their good relationships, and their fruitful interactions with one another, along also with taking the time for some solitude to relate to that which is their Creator, as opposed to regrets that they should have, for instance, spent more time away from family and friends in the pursuit of more money.
Those then who prioritize their lives correctly are the very same, who understand well that we are all in this society, together, and that the objective of the exercise is to treat one another, as a good neighbor, which takes into account, that through our help one to another, we will collectively progress ever closer to the satisfaction that a life truly lived well, is a life that encompasses love, compassion, forgiveness, sacrifice, and fairness, of which, those that are true to those noble traits, are those that have prioritized their lives right.