Life's Changing Priorities......
By Daffodil20
@Daffodil20 (1754)
India
May 15, 2009 1:35pm CST
Have you ever experienced your life's priorities changing with the passage of time? Are you amazed looking back how you thought your life to be and how different it actually is at present.
Do you think your life has changed for the better? Do you think these priorities might again change and are you ready for it? If not, then how does one cope up with these changes......because not evertytime it is desirable.
Your thoughts please....and, also, if possible, then some advice too......
Thanks
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@MissRae (7)
• United States
15 May 09
I was in the process of finishing high school when I met the man that I am married to today. I wish I had finished school and gone on to college but instead I moved in with him. If that had happened though, I wouldn't have three beautiful children, and for that I am grateful my life has gone this way. Things have come up and I've had to change with it, and I'm actually quite happy with that. I would be bored to tears if life didn't continuously change.
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@Daffodil20 (1754)
• India
15 May 09
Thanks to both of you. Quite agree too. But You found the Mr. Right. That's your good fortune. Many others might have done the same, but with wrong partners?????
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@James72 (26790)
• Australia
15 May 09
Life's priorities will ALWAYS change, the key is to ensure we learn from all we do and give everything we do everything we've got! I'm currently living and working in a foreign country and it's the 3rd one so far. I constantly think about what my life may have been like if I DIDN'T keep making these decisions to move on to another country because of my career. But the here and now IS what it is, so I'll of course give 100% to what I'm doing. Hindiosght is also an important thing to learn from, but we also need to accept that's hindsoght means Past and we can't change the past. What we can do though, is control our today and shape our future. There will always be undesirable circumstances cropping up in our lives. There will always be consistently changing environments and priorities because our motivations and needs change consistently also. Live life to our full potential and BELIEVE in who we are, where we've come from and the potential of where we can be. We ultimately cope by rolling with the punches and having faith in ourself.
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@Daffodil20 (1754)
• India
15 May 09
This is an area I have just taken the first step into, I guess! Okay so the priorities are not permanent. Hmm so life's an enigma too. Should I be afraid?
Your life is an example James. I guess career takes priority over everything else most of the times. And for very justifiable reasons too. But then, our choices are predominant.
Thankyou very much for the following words of yours James!
"we can't change the past. What we can do though, is control our today and shape our future. There will always be undesirable circumstances cropping up in our lives. There will always be consistently changing environments and priorities because our motivations and needs change consistently also. Live life to our full potential and BELIEVE in who we are, where we've come from and the potential of where we can be. We ultimately cope by rolling with the punches and having faith in ourself".
I'm so glad I put up this question here.
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@Adoniah (7513)
• United States
15 May 09
I suppose the biggest difference that surprises me in my life is that I expected to stay married. However, this has not turned out to be a bad thing. The marriage was the bad thing and I have done just fine being single.
I have had a fun life..It has been hard but very interesting and I would not have traded the experiences for anything! Priorities in life change constantly as a person grows and changes themselves. There is nothing wrong with this. Everytime I learn something new I tend to look for a way to apply it and it often changes a priority. As long as the most basic and important things in your life are steady.
Shalom~Adoniah
@Daffodil20 (1754)
• India
15 May 09
So many a times change is for the better. I like what younsay in the lines....."It has been hard but very interesting and I would not have traded the experiences for anything"! So grateful to you Adoniah for the wisdom you have bestowed here upon me. Thanks
@samirkavade (407)
• India
16 May 09
Yes indeed and the one who doesnt do so is a big failure. But we should remember to always not to forget the old priorities
@Flirtykumquat (927)
• United States
15 May 09
I am always a strong believer that everything happens for a reason so I am not totally disappointed with my life. I am only 22 but have gone through a lot. I wish I would have never left school and finished that. I think at early adult hood you have certain priorties (college, career, then life) but somethings always happen. For example, people falling in love or moving somewhere and something always changes. Whatever hurts you only makes you stronger!
@Daffodil20 (1754)
• India
15 May 09
I am almost the same age as you and I can understand well what you say. I feel being humans we can not have clearcut priorities and ofcourse there's LOVE that changes everything. Experience, good and not so good, end up indeed making us stronger.
@aakansha12 (183)
• India
15 May 09
I think whatever happens , happens for the good and i feel whatever priorities has been set in my life have got certain meaning to it .If you see your life changing , you will automatically get adjusted to it . Life teaches you to change yourself in every situation .
@Daffodil20 (1754)
• India
15 May 09
One better learn what life teaches........ We have not much choice. Do we?????
@riyasam (16556)
• India
16 May 09
my priorities have sure changed with the passage of time.first it was my studies,then it was my career,after that it was my love life and then came kids and i know these priorities are temporary and again these priorities will change....one has to condition our mind for changes,its all in the mind.
@stephcjh (38473)
• United States
16 May 09
I have noticed alot of changes in my life over time. some of them are good and some are bad. My life has gotten a little bit better. I always have to change priorities to make my life go with the never ending changes. It is better to deal with now and plan for later.