From my experience, I see people have trouble with three things. In reality, there are a lot more but they can be narrowed down to these 3.
These three are WEALTH, HAPPINESS & HEALTH. Think about it.
In the course of ones lifetime, people struggle or juggle between these three. It is very rare to see people who are satisfied in all these aspects of their life. Note that I did not say successful but satisfied or contented. The reason being one may not be a millionaire but contented and so on…
As I reflect upon it, I think the reason why people struggle here is that they don’t really know which is important to them and to those around them. Often times, gain of one sacrifices another. Many times have I seen wealthy but broken families or wealthy but unhealthy. In the same note, I have seen average people unhappy with their lives. To the extreme, there are those who are poor, unhappy and unhealthy.
As for me, the most important is Health, then Happiness, and last is Wealth..what’s yours?
While writing this post, I was also reading about it and came upon this blog. I recommend reading this too on what is important to us vis-a-vis others.
“some things don’t matter much. Like the color of a house. How big is that in the overall scheme of life? But lifting a person’s heart–now, that matters. The whole problem with people is…they know what matters, but they don’t choose it…The hardest thing on earth is choosing what matters.”
— Sue Monk Kidd
Till next post,
Jeff
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Uy nagsusulat ka na ulit!
Same here, health, happiness then wealth. Hope we stick with what we think matters.