Dawn said:
I think it sounds similar to haing an Aim. If you have an Aim (like the Work or any other aim), then with that Aim, one can distigush what is important towards the Aim of the individual and what distracts from the Aim.
I'm not sure if that is the way I was thinking when I had this thought, although I see why you interpreted it in this way. But what you wrote helped me to clarify, for myself, what I was getting at.
I was thinking about how the things we have decided are important to us, are often not important at all. And that what is truly important, is actually quite fixed. The most simple example I can think of is the sports fan that lives and dies with the performance of their team. It's not important at all, but they think, "it's really important to me".
Your post helped me to see that what is important for one, is different than what is important for another - we all have our individual aims. But I think that those individual aims are more similar than we may think. Playing music is important to one individual, and playing sports is important to another. One is in an orchestra and the other plays soccer. Although there are some differences in the two activities, both are learning how to play as a member of a team with a shared goal.
I'm thinking that what is truly important, is fixed and defined by the 3D lessons, although we reach it in a variety of ways. If we can separate what we think is important from what is truly important, we can move forward.
Bud said:
mocachapeau said:
I thought I'd share it and ask people if they think this is a good statement, or just fluff.
mocachapeau said:
If one wishes to evolve, one must learn to distinguish between what is important, and what is important to oneself. - mocachapeau
Make sense? :D
Well what can I say? You hit the nail on the head, as usual.
I think it makes sense that my statement applies directly to me. I was looking for approval, or validation of my statement. Peoples' approval was important to me. I think you are right about this, and the fact is that others' opinions of my thought is not important, because it is important to ME. I have placed importance on the approval of others. I see that, and I acknowledge it.
At the same time, I was wondering if my statement could be considered good advice to others. I wanted to know if others felt that my statement was something that would be good to say to someone else, as a place to start.
