Daily Question, August 17 How might I clarify what matters most? 36 Reflections Share Click here to cancel reply.Please log in or Create a Profile to post a comment. Notify me when someone replies to my comment via e-mail. Pavithra6 months agoPavithraI believe it is important to slow down, breathe and pay attention to everything that happens around you. This will allow you to find answers from within on what, who and why all of these people/things matter the most. 2 Reply Malag6 months agoMalagWhatever moves towards my values. I can sometimes examine those values to adjust or reconnect to them. 2 Reply Maeve6 months agoMaeveHow might I clarify what matters most? by slowing down. By paying attention to what I experience and feel. By walking, and getting quiet. By talking to my friends who listen. By seeing the example of those who really did what mattered most to them. 3 Reply Hot Sauce6 months agoHot SauceThe spiritual practices I participate in help me to clarify what matters most because they help me grow in insights about my personal duties/life mission and the duty we all have to ourselves and all sentient beings. 2 Reply Dusty Su6 months agoDusty SuPossessions: what would I take in an emergency? People: who would I call to say I love you if my plane were to crash? Ideals and practices: what holds me fast in both those settings? How do I live within that space daily, so I can lay my head on my pillow each night and die without regret if need be? 4 Reply Brenda6 months agoBrendaI love this. Im glad that we have the opportunity to cherish those we love. 2 Reply Dusty Su6 months agoDusty SuThank you, Brenda. Hopefully, we will never squander our opportunities… 2 Reply eve p.6 months agoeve p.By me just being Love, such as you are also. Thin skinned for the needs of others, vulnerable, honest and kind, I serve with all my heart. 2 Reply Javier Visionquest6 months agoJavier VisionquestWhen finally the Christ is revealed again and again in the mirrors of average people, we mostly never recognize Him. 2 Reply Don Jones6 months agoDon JonesBy just seeing that the value of this life is for its beauty, exuberance, profoundness and its intensity. 2 Reply Nancy Walton-House6 months agoNancy Walton-HouseBeing intentional about my need for silence and creating the open space to experience it, gives me an opportunity to contemplate what matters most to me. Using Ignatian spirituality practices helps me deepen my awareness and discover or confirm what matters most to me. I am grateful for this journey that significantly enriches my life. 3 Reply Debra6 months agoDebraWhat matters most to me is maintaining non-adversarial relations. Even when conflict brews, to find how to forgive and love and let go. 5 Reply Melissa6 months agoMelissaWhat matters most is staying in touch with family, friends community and strangers. So “ACTION” is what comes to mind. Calling, writing notes, emails, zooming, leaving flowers at the doors of neighbors. Wearing a mask. checking in often. All with a feeling of love, one step at a time during this pandemic in our world. Love, love, love is what is needed now. 4 Reply Mica6 months agoMicaBy reading Linda’s post, below!! My family matters most to me, and they – children and grandchildren – all live within walking distance of me ;-] 3 Reply Linda6 months agoLindaI live far away from my family of origin, and since Covid I have not been able to visit them. I am very clear that they matter most to me, in addition to my husband. 4 Reply Ed Schulte6 months agoEd Schulteas explain in Matt 25:1-13 “5 Wise and 5 Foolish Virgins” With Right reasoning use of the Divine gift of the “5 sense”. (sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch) Right reasoning in thoughts and Right reasoning in Emotions is the “Oil” that gives “Light” to any and all situations AND so-called “En-lighten-ment” 3 Reply Zenith6 months agoZenithBy constantly checking my thoughts and attitudes. By consciously choosing to invest in the loved ones in my life. By maintaining boundaries so as to not waste time on the unimportant. 5 Reply eliza6 months agoelizaWhen i stop trying to think or do and just let my heart, my tears and my longing guide me, the things that matter most seem more real, more precious and more urgent. 4 Reply Carla6 months agoCarlaI might clarify what matters most, by pausing for prayer; asking Sophia for guidance in my verbal interactions when a deeper level of clarity is needed usually Leads me to speak with a calmness. Sometimes I’m prone to be overly passionate about the topic at hand when it’s a principle I’m concerned about. 4 Reply Sunflower6 months agoSunflowerFor the moment being, to overcome some sudden but heavy earache, and some additional sleep would really be needed. Even with this current distraction, to be open minded and kind towards each and all I encounter. To be balanced in order to be aware of the moment, which includes you all as well as my current pain, hoping that Universal Love may flow through despite possible difficulties. 4 Reply Butterfly6 months agoButterflyBless you, Sunflower, earache is such a miserable pain. I hope you can get treatment asap and it clears up ? xx 3 Reply Michele6 months agoMicheleTo me, what matters most is the love for my family and I do not need to clarify that anymore than I already do:) I’m enjoying time with my daughter who leaves to fly back to Hawaii tomorrow. This was a short trip but I’ll take it:) We made my chili together and it turned out awesome. I normally wait till Sept/Oct but she wanted it-was worth it. 3 Reply Katrina6 months agoKatrinaThe question brings to mind exercises and programs that have surfaced throughout the decades - Values Clarification seminars and exercises; 7 Habits for Highly Effective People, etc. I love those exercises, courses and processes. I'd like to do one now that I've entered a new phase and stage of life. But the challenge comes not so much in clarifying (although it is necessary and helpful), but in living out what you discover. I can clarify that eating veggies, low carb, protein and healthy fats i...The question brings to mind exercises and programs that have surfaced throughout the decades – Values Clarification seminars and exercises; 7 Habits for Highly Effective People, etc. I love those exercises, courses and processes. I’d like to do one now that I’ve entered a new phase and stage of life. But the challenge comes not so much in clarifying (although it is necessary and helpful), but in living out what you discover. I can clarify that eating veggies, low carb, protein and healthy fats is what matters most for a healthy body. But living into that is the real challenge. Read More4 Reply Javier Visionquest6 months agoJavier VisionquestBy eliminating as many immediate distractions as possible for as long as possible. As a clear introvert (and, likely, a place somewhere within the spectrum), I find that mind, heart, and any function of the pineal I might glean to be most unified and energized in silence. Looking back at both remote and recent upsets (regardless of their being emotionally positive or negative) unhealed trauma surfaces, solutions to seemingly intractable interpersonal and intrapersonal conflicts coalesce in solit...By eliminating as many immediate distractions as possible for as long as possible. As a clear introvert (and, likely, a place somewhere within the spectrum), I find that mind, heart, and any function of the pineal I might glean to be most unified and energized in silence. Looking back at both remote and recent upsets (regardless of their being emotionally positive or negative) unhealed trauma surfaces, solutions to seemingly intractable interpersonal and intrapersonal conflicts coalesce in solitude quite naturally and with ease, and gratitude and forgiveness are exponentially amplified in the absence of a constant ambiance of minor irritations. Read More5 Reply Mica6 months agoMicaThank you, Javier – indeed, one of my adult children has wanted distance from me for most of this year. In this ‘silence,’ I’ve discovered that nothing matters except my love and compassion for her [and myself]. There are no ‘upsets’ to cause me to forget this. Warm wishes to you – 2 Reply Javier Visionquest6 months agoJavier VisionquestThank you, and bless you with the peace that the world, itself, is incapable of at present, Mica. Perhaps our daughters will need us again, someday. I’m sure that you’re an absolutely terrible person, as am I ♥ 1 Reply 1 2 Next » My Private Gratitude Journal Write an entry in your private gratefulness journal Get Started This site is brought to you by A Network for Grateful Living, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. All donations are fully tax deductible in the U.S.A. DONATE https://gratefulness.org/content/uploads/2015/03/GX-Gold-Participant-L.png Community Engagement Guidelines Privacy Policy [email protected] Connect with us on Social Media: © 2000 - 2021, A Network for Grateful Living Website by Briteweb