For my final intent in the month of February I wanted to make sure to remember What Matters Most. This is something that I know I can lose sight of quickly. It’s easy to take things for granted. I don’t think of how lucky I am to be healthy until I feel sick. I don’t think about the wonderful house we live in or our car unless something breaks down. Sometimes I have to lose something to remember how important it is. And I don’t want that to be the case.
I want to always remember what matters most and be deliberate to make sure I listen to those that matter most over the other stuff that can get in the way. If I chose to work at home so I can be there for my kids but then I don’t listen to them when they need me cause I am in the middle of a work issue, am I remembering what I decided matters most? (Obviously there are exceptions but in general, if I made an active choice of family over career, it makes sense that when there’s a family issue, for the most part, it should get my attention first.)
So my intention this week is to be deliberate about what matters most. To pay attention to it. What does matter most? How much am I honoring it? How closely am I choosing to listen to what matters most?
The lettering I used is here and I decided to go with simple little hearts for my sketch this week.
Listen with Intent is a project for 2014. You can read more about it here.
I broke my ankle last June and required pins and a plate to put it back together. In Jan, my surgeon released me saying I was all fixed up. But my ankle is still swollen and it hurts some everyday. Then last week I had a little talk with myself. I was walking to meet a friend for lunch. I decided I was going to be grateful for that minor discomfort as it reminds me how quickly things can change and how fortunate I am to have had access to great healthcare, and a job that gave me the time off, and insurance to help pay the bill, and eight weeks later I was walking pretty normally again. I think reading your blog is one of the things that helped me get to that place. You make me think. Thanks.
thank you for your kind words Christine and I hope that your ankle is back to 100% again?