Well, I just read this entry and I do believe that you should always focus on what is important and use that five-year test he suggested. However, in the moment, if you live completely in the present, and you shift your perspective from now to five years from now, you completely lose your sense of present for those moments. But putting things in perspective often helps me quite a bit, no matter how big the perspective is. If the world was hit with a meteor, we could all say, "Well, from the perspective of the physical universe, it's just a very small bump in the road."
I believe before we can focus on the important we have to decide for ourselves what is important to begin with. We all have dreams and aspirations, and we all have survival needs. But we need to find the things that are truly important to us before we can evaluate each situation. To me, it is doing the things I enjoy, those that bring me closest to joy, inner peace, and compassion/unconditional love.
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