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what is important for you?
misecmisc1
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hi all,
just a thought came to my mind to ask you all - what is important for you? please tell, if you wish.
as far as what is important for me, exactly i dont know. but these days i have put my work on a lower priority - not in the sense that i have totally left my work or i do not go to office - but in the sense that even though i daily go to office and i also do the work in office, i have started to take my work less seriously - meaning i have started to give up being proactive and trying to figure out all the work related issues - this can lead me to a general appraisal, which many people get in which the promotion chance and salary increment is less - and i will not get a very good appraisal, which very few people get which helps in promotion and salary increment. i have convinced myself that it is ok if i do not get promotion or salary increment.
i am 32 years old and i now try to live in a more relaxed way. i do fear i may loose my job, my family etc - but somehow i am trying to not take many things seriously - may be i am becoming coward and lazy in this way, but i have started to give less importance to many things.
just a thought came to my mind to ask you all - what is important for you? please tell, if you wish.
as far as what is important for me, exactly i dont know. but these days i have put my work on a lower priority - not in the sense that i have totally left my work or i do not go to office - but in the sense that even though i daily go to office and i also do the work in office, i have started to take my work less seriously - meaning i have started to give up being proactive and trying to figure out all the work related issues - this can lead me to a general appraisal, which many people get in which the promotion chance and salary increment is less - and i will not get a very good appraisal, which very few people get which helps in promotion and salary increment. i have convinced myself that it is ok if i do not get promotion or salary increment.
i am 32 years old and i now try to live in a more relaxed way. i do fear i may loose my job, my family etc - but somehow i am trying to not take many things seriously - may be i am becoming coward and lazy in this way, but i have started to give less importance to many things.
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My wife and kids, the dhamma............huge gap............other family, friends, work and sport
At work If someone needs me or everyone is focused on a major deadline that was needed yesterday I to focus and work hard and the task gets done. When things slip I genuinly appologise for any inconvenience caused and move on with the day.
At home I just enjoy my son, daughter and wife time more. Ask myself does this need doing now and have tried to stop planning time (you might say be in the moment more)
Its hard to break what i have practiced for 30 years but do feel less rattled, tired sometimes can respond better to situations at home and word due to this.
If it makes you feel any better I too wonder if its lazy and dread my work aprasal this year but may be its the way our work places measure sucsesses and quality of work. I know my friends and family prefer me relaxed and while I note work has a importance (pays the mortgae and puts food on the table for one). Once you have fulfilled your ambitions and earned "enough" its time to look at lifes other big rocks.
Now if only I'd remember that all the time...
To always remember "this above all, to thine own self be true.."
My daughter, family and friends. Being mindful all the time and remembering the interconnectedness of all means we affect each other no matter what. Cultivating kindness and compassion. Leading by example, especially for my daughter.
But I think the two most important things for me are:
* Leave the world a better place than it was when I entered.
* Appreciate the lessons I learn by being mother to my daughter. She is so naturally altruistic and compassionate. I am very lucky to have been given the opportunity to be her student. She has been teaching me from day one.
In metta,
Raven
If to mine own self being true were foremost, Love would be the first casualty to an enthroned self whose cherished opinions and goals would be a bulwark against really experiencing the Truth. Sincerity is a far better thing than that. And if you're not enlightened by the power of love to know who and what you really are, it's all a waste of time.
Love is not finding fault with others, but rather to look to their good points.
Love is not to possess but to set others free.
Love is turning imprisonment in a delusional single solitariness into ecstasy.
Truth is Summation and Love is the heart of truth.
Love is the True Sum
---and the view of mere disconnected, unrelated parts is nothing save the darkened view.
Let the light in, let it shine, and Be True.
That Loving Consciousness is You.
Never turn the heart's fire down. Be sincerely naked to the truth.
Give up all your possessions, go naked in love
to
the
Truth.
wonderful.
I feel a trite song coming on . . .
Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens
Bright copper kettles and warm woollen mittens
Brown paper packages tied up with strings
These are a few of my favorite things
Cream colored ponies and crisp apple streudels
Doorbells and sleigh bells and schnitzel with noodles
Wild geese that fly with the moon on their wings
These are a few of my favorite things
Girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes
Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes
Silver white winters that melt into springs
These are a few of my favorite things
When the dog bites
When the bee stings
When I'm feeling sad
I simply remember my favorite things
And then I don't feel so bad
Personally I take delight in very ordinary things.
Waiting for a bus, hearing people's experiences here . . . the other day I got caught in torrential rain. It was wonderful. New waterproof jacket worked well.
Dharma has given me the ability to find the import in the trivial . . .
Things that are most important-
Dhamma, Health, Friends/Family
My mental health has been especially important these days, as I realized I've been in denial about some of my problems, thinking they were too mild for a diagnosis or for anyone else to notice. However, being wrong about that makes me more open to observing my brain/thinking so maybe I will catch things quicker in the future.
This is the stuff that makes NB important to me! hehe
My answer is a mix of everyone's.