What Matters?

 

This is an interesting question that will be answered differently as one gain in age.

One might say what matters is

• Church
• Family
• Country

but, not necessarily in that order...

Others might say,

• Wealth
• Possessions
• Power

but not necessarily in that order either...

What matters to me is

• Freedom
• Integrity
• Honesty
• Loyalty

and I would say that freedom is the most important...

WHY would I say that?

Without FREEDOM, the one cannot have the other three...

I don't just mean freedom to vote or travel or make decisions, but freedom of communications, both written and verbal.

The next question is will we really ever have that kind of FREEDOM?

First there was our birth -  no freedom there

Then,

• parents
• school
• military - for some
• employers
• laws
• spouses

Death is last and seldom do we have any freedom over that unless it is suicide.

So, if freedom does not matter, given my constraints, then what's left?

HOW WE LIVE...