What Really Matters.

                               

Health, friends and family. 

Without health, it's hard to enjoy life, to be productive, to travel, work, see the world and to enjoy those that are important to you. 

Without friends, good friends, even if it's just one, life can seem empty and the things you enjoy are not shared with those special people or that special person.

Without family, the same examples I mentioned above may apply, but a million times more so. 

Some people obsess over money and material possessions. And sure, you need money to survive and it can make life easier and more enjoyable, and of course in many ways more secure. "Rich and poor" are relative. If someone compares their financial status to the richest people on the planet, they may feel envious and "incomplete" but if they instead compare their financial status to the poorest people on earth, they will feel lucky, fortunate and blessed. I've been richer and poorer, then richer again, then poorer once more and around and around, and I can truly and honestly say that I was never happier with more wealth and more homes, cars, toys and material possessions than with less...it was other factors that made and make me happier. Such as...good health, friends and family. 

Social media and regular media can make people insane. The jealous factor can encroach into people brains when all they see is good looking people with trips, vacations, mansions, cars, bikes, boats, etc. Keep in mind, most of that is fake. People are posing in front of cars they don't own, homes, planes and boats they could never afford, photoshop, filters, makeup, plastic surgery, very little of it is real. And having a plethora of followers, likes, thumbs up, clicks and all that...means nothing. At all.  

What is real is...serenity, tranquility, happiness, hopefully living a long life with good health with the one that you love, surrounded by kids, grandkids, the joy of hearing them laugh and play, living to a ripe old age with people (and pets) that view you as being important, the same way you view them as being important... as in the most important things in your life. Everything else is just a side order of "nice" but without health, friends and family...it means nothing.