Sometimes one has to hear
a truth in
​someone 
else's unexpected words
in order for it
to really sink in.

There are really only  5  important questions to ask:


​​1) Why am "I"  here?  (What are my gifts/purpose?)

2) What REALLY matters? (Big picture…)

3) Why does it REALLY matter?  (Challenge, defend #2)

4) What is the connection between the answers to 1, 2 and 3?  (How can I contribute to promoting what REALLY matters in a way that utilizes my unique gifts/talents?)

5) Will the answers and actions suggested by 1, 2, 3 and 4 likely lead to increased happiness and fulfillment for me and others or not?
​(If so, DO IT  until it does or you are certain it won't.  
​<Be patient and honest.>  If it does, time will fly and you will feel alive; if it does not, plan to move on, armed with the valuable lessons learned along the way and then ……….re-visit 1,2, 3 and 4.
NO time spent exploring the above is ever wasted as you can never see around the next corner: what can seem wasted at one moment could prove to be quite valuable and in a way you cannot predict. Often, you can only "connect the dots" looking in the "rear view mirror."
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 AND lf the answers to the above differs in 5 years, that will be OK too because neither you nor the world are standing still,