As we hit the ground running in 2016 it can be so easy to simply be caught up in all the responsibilities, habits and routines that characterised 2015.
I WANT TO INVITE YOU TO STOP FOR TWO MINUTES
To Be Still.
And Know.
A couple of years ago, tbV [the beautiful Val] and i were part of a book study working through a book called ‘Free’ by our friend Mark Scandrette. The subtitle of the book is, ‘Spending your Time and Money on What Matters Most’.
Which contains the underlying assumption that you have an idea of what matters most.
And so before you go screaming haphazardly into this new year, let me invite you again to just stop.
Create a space and time when you can honestly answer this question for yourself: WHAT MATTERS MOST TO YOU?
Then look around at how you are living your life, especially in terms of how you are spending your time, money, energy and resources. And also in terms of the people you are surrounding yourself with or giving time, focus and attention to.
If you have not taken time to figure out and express in some way what matters most to you, then how will you ever be able to give it your attention?
Can you articulate it? What is one of the things that matters most to you? Leave a comment sharing just one of those things with the rest of us.
[Also tbV and i are keen to lead another book study on this in Cape Town starting some time after Feb and so if you’re interested in finding out more, send an email to brettfish@hotmail.com and we can chat]
What matters most: It’s all the little things really. Being able to wake up beside the person you’re going to spend the rest of your life with. Watching the rain fall against the window while snuggled up with your cat and a favorite book. What matters most is taking time to stop and enjoy what life has to offer in the little packages. Seeing the beauty and the good in things, even when there is nothing but grey skies on the horizon.
Thanks for sharing Kerunai! Those sound like some pretty important things and more so once we can recognize them.
What matters most: this year, it’s me. Last year I put so much time and energy into helping friends and family who only put themselves back in the same situations and I lost focus on my own situation which was keeping my relationship of 7 years.
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Thanks for saying it out loud. And very, very clearly. Always good to be reminded of what really matters.
Thanks Yvonne. What is one thing that you would say matters most to you for this year?