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Originally Posted by Shady
...Wow. Thats a tough list. Its probably inaccurate though. It probably changes regularly, and some of those things are tied so close that its hard to place one before the other. Such as Lover/Family/Friends, and Money/Career...
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I think the changing aspect of our lives necessitates such differences in our order of the lists. If we cannot change this order of things we'll miss out on a lot. For example: My daughter loves to have me snuggle with her at nighttime. I don't sleep as well though while snuggling with her so I sleep in my own bed because I need my rest. That's putting myself first. If my daughter got sick though and was throwing up in the middle of the night I wouldn't be sleeping in my own bed. I'd be up in the middle of the night taking care of her, cleaning her up, and helping her feel better. The next morning I'd be calling my day care mom's and turning away income so there my daughter would be taking first place. Then there's planning our family vacation for the summertime. I would be waiting till I had a break with the day care kids and taking that time for our family vacation - planning family time around career and income. It all has to change and flex. If we can't change our priorities to fit out lives and keep everything in balance we'll loose a part of that.
I know a man who loves to take time off for himself - he lost his job because he called in "sick" on too many Mondays. He put self before money and career too many times.
I also know a man who works nearly 24/7. His Son has a lot of anger issues and has gotten into violent fights with his father - why? Because the dad always put work/career before family.
A BALANCE is what's important.
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