What matters?

When I started my day today, I had a few different thoughts about what I wanted to share in my writing today.Some where between a phone conversation with a friend and reading my daily message from my mentor Darren Hardy,none of those things seemed to matter anymore.In his email,Darren challenged me once again to stop wasting my time,effort and energy on things that really do not matter and to continue to work on the one and only thing that does,me!
Idle gossip,envy and anger occupy so much of my energy and I don't even realize it.The news,chit chat with friends,and just about everything else I encounter daily has little if nothing to do with what is most important to me, personal growth and who and what I aspire to be.
Over the last few,no many,months I have strayed further and further away from this.Many of my closest friends and confidantes are much more pragmatic about life.Politics.....absolutely.
Work......for sure.
Finances.and the state of the economy....100%.
Sports.....oh yeah,that really matters.
Spirituality ?Why am I here?What is my purpose?How can I do and be and give more?
These things are just not part of the conversational landscape I normally experience.
Do I really care what some politico or pundit is yammering on about?Who cares which celebrity died?Do I need to worry or concern myself with the Yankees 6 game losing streak or pole positions for this week's upcoming Kentucky Derby?
Silliness...all silliness!
Tonight I, along with millions of others will light a yellow candle in remembrance of the 6 million Jews who died in the Shoah.
How did the Holocaust effect me?
What lessons were learned from this greatest atrocity man has ever known?
How can I be a beacon to those around me and generations to come ?
How will I acknowledge,remember and grow from the events that took place 70 or 80 years ago?
How do I continue to be the best me I aspire to be?
Maybe Mr. Hardy's message will serve as a wake up call to me.
In this moment in time, I know that pausing to light a candle,and granting myself the space to honor that choice is much more important than worrying about all of the other nonsense that is cluttering my vision.

Peace!