The Only 3 Things We Care About
I know this is a big claim however a good friend shared this with me and I’d love your feedback on how on target he is.
Here are your 3 things and in order as they are important in life to 90% of people and their fast paced lives:
- Relationships
- Money
- Health
And in that order of importance to 90% of the population.
Relationships
Think about it this way, when you were a toddler, teenager and young adult weren’t relationships most important to you? Obvious ones would be your mother or father.
But didn’t you think about playing with your friends most as a little kid, spending time with the guys or girls after school as a teenager and/or engaging in recreational events or as an example, happy hour as a 20 something adult?
For the majority of people at the young stages of life money and certainly health wasn’t the first concern or focus.
Money
Now somewhere around the teen age & young adult stage you became aware of the importance put on money. (I.E. MTV Cribs) Your programming, although done mostly by your parents philosophies as a child, you were taught through media the lifestyle of the rich and famous was paramount. Achieve this level of accumulation and it’s perceived nirvana.
Only movie stars, athletes and music stars have the ability to make mega income lifestyle. The special people.
Health
And finally as we get older 40,50 and 60 years of age we become more concerned with health hopefully. As a young adult or your midlife years you were healthy as a horse and you had no signs that you should be more proactive.
It makes sense that quality of life becomes more important at this point in life. With wisdom & life experiences comes your awareness of a deeper knowing of whats important and if not, then you become dependent on our expensive health care system. This is obvious when you look at our millions of baby boomers beginning to enter that system today. More than ever they are concerned with being proactive with their health. They realize the system is broken and expensive and the need to live proactively with supplements, a better than average diet and exercise.
What Does It Mean
So what keeps people from experiencing and having everything in life they want in reference to the above 3 things? Their thoughts that surround the meaning of good relationships, great health and lots of money.
Guess what person you must have a good relationship with first?
That’s right, you.
“The mind keeps us from having the experience of what actually is.“-Bill Harris Centerpointe Research
Whatever your relationship is with yourself, I know through emotional intelligence, awareness & support you’re able to integrate and have all of the benefits from these 3 areas today.
Peal back the onion through self exploration & optimization.
You’re in a relationship building world and when your best developed relationship is with yourself, a whole new realm of possibilities open up.
How do you feel about the 3 things supposedly being the most important?
Do you see things differently?
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I apologize to everyone who made some awesome comments on this post (There were several) However this is one of two posts that I hadn’t backed up prior to my database crash. I have all of your comments saved in email. If you’d like them posted email me and I’ll forward you what you wrote. Thank you for your awesome contributions!
I apologize to everyone who made some awesome comments on this post (There were several) However this is one of two posts that I hadn’t backed up prior to my database crash. I have all of your comments saved in email. If you’d like them posted email me and I’ll forward you what you wrote. Thank you for your awesome contributions!
Dear Tony,
Great Points and I really do appreciate it.
As I watch my son grow up I can’t help but mirror in what I was feeling & experiencing at his age. In so many levels you are right when we were young in philippines (being raised with Holistic lifestyle) all we cared about was relationships and health at a very young age.
Although, my parents left abruptly when I was 4 yrs old I felt that sadness takes over me. Even at that age human beings have a basic human needs to connect deeply with their parents. And I promise my husband and my son that I would do whatever it takes to be home and be there for 4 yr old because of what happened to me.
Growing up I wasn’t really programmed as much because we had no T.V. so popular culture was not something I partake in.
I always thought it was weird the need to “fit in”. We also did not have that much money. So having bread and whatever food we had. WE FELT ABUNDANT IN EVERY WAY. So I guess I would sum up my upbringing to 2 things that mattered most which was always relationships and Health.
It wasn’t until I came to America that the shift about becoming wealthy & money mastery came into full consciousness. Although, I would not trade my upbringing for the world. I do agree with you that these 3 components brings fullness to Life.
I have heard of this quote which I’m not sure I can agree on but wanted to share with you anyway:
“Life begins at forty? It’s true because the first twenty years of your life is programmed and controlled by others. The next twenty years is often spent working out a lot of the stuff that was put in during the first twenty. Somewhere around forty you begin to take ownership of your life. It’s here that youthful dreams begin to reawaken.”
Thanks Tony for this post! =)
Dear Tony,
Great Points and I really do appreciate it.
As I watch my son grow up I can’t help but mirror in what I was feeling & experiencing at his age. In so many levels you are right when we were young in philippines (being raised with Holistic lifestyle) all we cared about was relationships and health at a very young age.
Although, my parents left abruptly when I was 4 yrs old I felt that sadness takes over me. Even at that age human beings have a basic human needs to connect deeply with their parents. And I promise my husband and my son that I would do whatever it takes to be home and be there for 4 yr old because of what happened to me.
Growing up I wasn’t really programmed as much because we had no T.V. so popular culture was not something I partake in.
I always thought it was weird the need to “fit in”. We also did not have that much money. So having bread and whatever food we had. WE FELT ABUNDANT IN EVERY WAY. So I guess I would sum up my upbringing to 2 things that mattered most which was always relationships and Health.
It wasn’t until I came to America that the shift about becoming wealthy & money mastery came into full consciousness. Although, I would not trade my upbringing for the world. I do agree with you that these 3 components brings fullness to Life.
I have heard of this quote which I’m not sure I can agree on but wanted to share with you anyway:
“Life begins at forty? It’s true because the first twenty years of your life is programmed and controlled by others. The next twenty years is often spent working out a lot of the stuff that was put in during the first twenty. Somewhere around forty you begin to take ownership of your life. It’s here that youthful dreams begin to reawaken.”
Thanks Tony for this post! =)
Very Good points Therese. Give you’re cultural difference this does throw a variable In that I hadn’t really written to. The western culture is very well rooted in this process. There is a world outside of my own isn’t there? lol I also love the commitment to your husband Jeff and your son that you’ve made. You always inspire me with your sense of practicality but yet thinking outside of the box. Oh and the quote? I can’t help but start to really agree with it in my case. I believe I’ve gone through waves of balance in my life however I feel as if I’m reaching a crest of never before experienced self ownership & freedom. Of course I may have experienced that as a child but was too young to remember. Now its just conscious. Thank you for the quote. It totally rocks.
Thanks as always! 🙂
Very Good points Therese. Give you’re cultural difference this does throw a variable In that I hadn’t really written to. The western culture is very well rooted in this process. There is a world outside of my own isn’t there? lol I also love the commitment to your husband Jeff and your son that you’ve made. You always inspire me with your sense of practicality but yet thinking outside of the box. Oh and the quote? I can’t help but start to really agree with it in my case. I believe I’ve gone through waves of balance in my life however I feel as if I’m reaching a crest of never before experienced self ownership & freedom. Of course I may have experienced that as a child but was too young to remember. Now its just conscious. Thank you for the quote. It totally rocks.
Thanks as always! 🙂