I engage in serendipitous musings

as the occasional muse

at times reflecting on times past, I imagine that I could have handled some things better

not huge earth shattering big life events like graduation and flying to europe. I've always handled those types of events fairly well.

little day to day things that I could have done better.

why does it take so long for us - us humans- to learn that it is the little things that count?

why don't people (often younger people) listen - why don't they listen when someone tries to explain that - images, wardrobes, jobs, prestige, cars, doing what "society" expects, playing it safe, coloring ONLY inside the lines...making decisions based on what others "might think" rather than following your heart...

these are not the things that count?

Last time I engaged in serndipitous mussings I discoverd ejaculation and that was about 30 years ago.
So its been keeping me busy ever since I just don't have the time to be serendipitous ever since as
It seems my hands are always full I thank you

ha!

well it appears the relative maturity level on this site is predictably the same....

one can only assume that people either do not know what is important to them, they don;t think, don't know how to think (my guess) or some combo of the above. Have a great non thinking weekend

there are times whe not thinking is kinda like a vacation :)

God family and counry....mine is all neatly bundled up.

The things that are most important to me are my health and my family and friends. I only work for the security of my future, so I will not be a burden on my family and friends when I can no longer work. I don't need many material things. My natural instinct boarders on minimalism I guess. What I do concerns me more than what I have.

I'm with ya! My favorite passtime

Lots of things are important to me. Some more than others at certain times, including some that you've listed above. They may not be important to you, but may be to others.

Whatever society thinks/wants/like/don't like, at the end of the day, we have to face any consequence that may come only after we make a terrible decision. I learnt a long time ago, that me having sex at the same time my friends were (teenage age), wasn't going to work in my favour, because I didn't feel physically ready to. You need to be both mentally prepared and physically prepared, but what my body felt like, far outweighed the mental aspects of it. Let's face it, when most teenage girls have seven days of bleeding from their female parts, then they're hardly gonna feel like it, hence the hernia-like cramps that come with it.

I agree - it is our actions that speak.

nice - mine are probably similar. I reflect to remember that it is the little things we do on a day to day basis that matter. those things are as important as the big successes...

I did not mean to pick on young people. I am acquainted with many young people who make good decisions all the time. I was thinking more on my own youth, the mistakes I made, and how DAMNED long it took me to learn...what is really important. I did not have sex as a teen, myself. But in the beginnig it was more to please my boyfriend than anything else. not the best reason....really

Coffee and cookies!!

right - that is, I think, one of the values of taking the time to sort our priorities, or muse - making sure they're our own, it doesn;t matter whether others share them - tho it is nice to find others who share some of them, I think

oatmeal raisin???

whats important to me:

healthy living socially, spiritually, physically, emotionally, and intellectually


balance
integrity
consistency
honesty

do you still have to work to remain consistent to your values?

Love.
In the end, that's it.

thank you :)

Oh great and now I have that old song running in my head

'mon and Let it Show....good grief

it's written on the wind, it's everywhere I go.... :)

What's important to me?

Spirit, purpose, the Divine by whatever name one cares to use. Love. People. Justice. Mercy. Trying to live in such a way that when I leave this earth, I will leave it better for my having been in it, or at least no worse off.

Also, creativity. Inner and outer peace, when and if at all attainable... and when difficult to attain, then at least to be striven toward.

I don't really give a rodent's posterior for material things beyond the essentials of reasonable living. Doesn't mean I don't like having nice things or that I'm not willing to work to get them, but on the whole, I can generally take or leave them. If I had to choose between having some material item I didn't really need and having some non-material but meaningful thing (say, a good conversation or a great memory of some event, or even just the warm fuzzy feeling from having made someone else's day brighter), I often opt for the latter.

I've been thinking a LOT lately about what I really value... and what those values say about what I really want to do with my life. Some people might regard that as an existential crisis. I regard it as an awakening... a realization... a discernment of purpose...