{"id":73352,"date":"2025-01-18T08:49:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-18T13:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=73352"},"modified":"2025-02-13T22:21:29","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T03:21:29","slug":"quora-what-matters-in-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/quora-what-matters-in-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Quora: What Matters In Life"},"content":{"rendered":"
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William (Bill) Cordingley<\/div>\n
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What are the things that do not matter in life?<\/span><\/div>\n
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I\u2019m in my 60\u2019s now and my answer may surprise you. Here are my top-of-mind responses in no particular order\u2026<\/p>\n

As I experience life, what doesn\u2019t matter much is\u00a0where you went to college and what degrees you got. If you got as far as you wanted to, that\u2019s great. If your education got you into a career or into jobs you like, then great. That\u2019s mostly what it\u2019s good for, in my view. But our degrees and education don\u2019t affect who we are as people and how we experience and how much like ourselves…unless we judge ourselves by our accomplishments.<\/p>\n

Being rich\u00a0doesn\u2019t matter.\u00a0If you have enough money, enough for your needs plus some more for things and experiences you want, you don\u2019t need much more in order to be happy.<\/p>\n

Television doesn\u2019t matter. I watch quite a bit of it and I do find it entertaining but beyond that it\u2019s not important.<\/p>\n

The type of work you do.\u00a0All that matters is that you do what appeals to you, what brings you satisfaction and fulfillment. That could be being a garbage man or anything else.<\/p>\n

How far you get on your career path. As long as you\u2019re doing something you enjoy your title is of little consequence.<\/p>\n

How you look and what you weigh. Unless you\u2019re facing health issues for your weight or you\u2019re intentionally not taking care of yourself because you want to drive yourself to an early grave, you look good enough to be out in the world and meeting people. My weight (190 lbs, which means I have a more rounded stomach than I\u2019d like) and your weight is fine. We\u2019re too hung up on appearances for our own good, both our own and others. Let\u2019s let it go and start to enjoy and appreciate ourselves and others even more. I will if you will!<\/p>\n

Celebrities\u2019 lives. I mean,\u00a0who cares?? If we do, that suggests to me that we\u2019re not feeling fulfilled in our own lives.<\/p>\n

The kind of car you drive. (And maybe if you even have a car. Yeah, it\u2019s not convenient taking public transportation and it\u2019s really limiting when we don\u2019t have our own transportation. But is it that important? I\u2019m open to being mistaken about this one.)<\/p>\n

How old you are. Age is just a number. While aging does bring physical limitations, we don\u2019t have to\u00a0make\u00a0it a limitation. Let\u2019s stay engaged in life! Let\u2019s keep going, trying new things, looking for new relationships, learning new things, continuing to work if we want, etc. As long as we\u2019re living, lets make the most of it!<\/p>\n

Is this wisdom or stupidity? I don\u2019t know for sure but each of these feels right to me. Please consider this\u00a0food for thought, if nothing else.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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