Priorities...

I am impressed by the fact that most people doesn't know what is really important in their lives. In fact, everybody knows what is best and could make their own top 10 list, but theory sometimes is far away from the reality. I myself have had a hard time trying to balance my priorities. And it seems that I never get it.

I had a teacher in my master who used to compare economy to a short blanket. He used to say "If the country reduces the interests in order to acelerate the economy, it will suffer from inflation. On the other hand, if it increases the interests in order to control the inflation, it will suffer from stagnation". From that I want to make a parallel to our lives. To cover all we need or want we sometimes change our priorities. In this way, we are constantly trying to balance our lives, though not always with success.

Since the last few weeks I've had some struggles. I've had no answer for them or maybe I just couldn't see their real importance. This weekend something became clear in my mind. Actually I got this 'message' from another situation a week before but I didn't give much attention to it. Now it is weekend and I am sick on my bed. Fever.

It's amazing how many desires we have in life. To have a good job; to be well paid; to be gorgeous, smart and thin; to buy a big house and a brand new car; to have great kids and a perfect wife or husband; and so on.

That's ok. It's good for us to have dreams and ambitions. They are great motivation. I also have many desires like that. The point is we usually forget other things that are much more important than all this stuff, just because we consider them as 'default'. We just remember them when we miss them. In example, when you are sick, you feel like you would give all you have just to be healthy again. When you are facing a hard time your priorities change; your old ambitions disappear.

Ask anyone who is sick what is the most important thing for them to have. Ask anyone who has lost someone in their family what they would ask for, if they could.

What I want to say is that we must remember what is really essencial in our lives. Never put yourself, your religion, family, friends, hobbies or whatever is important to you, aside. I know that other stuff might demand more attention for some time. But don't make it endless. We usually think we have time to do everything in the future. But we don't, unless we learn how to balance our lives. I say that to myself before anyone cause I must learn that too. And I felt like writing about this in my blog because in someway I thought it could be helpful.

May we always be thankful to God for these 'default' blesses, because they do make our dreams possible!!! I am very happy with the idea of starting swimming this week.

Ummm... it's so good to know that one day I'll get there! :o)