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  1. Ose
    Ose
    3 months ago

    Friends and loved ones as well as all kindred hearts including you all here as well as beloved nature, all the utter beauty nature holds and expresses itself; Universal spirit by whatever name and spiritual unfolding if possible; to care for others as best as possible; to love.

  2. K
    Katherine
    3 months ago

    The most important thing to me as I grow older is how I spend my time with family and friends, how I learn and grow, how I follow my Christian faith path, how I care for my whole self (mental, spiritual, emotional, physical), how I laugh and listen more.

    1. Mary
      Mary
      3 months ago

      Beautiful.

  3. pkr29022
    pkr
    3 months ago

    My daughter & her husband.
    My spiritual journey.
    My mental health.
    My physical well being.
    The truth…..
    All this matters to me & more……❤️✨❤️

  4. Robin Ann
    Robin Ann
    3 months ago

    My children, family, close friends. peace, finding my joy, my faith and helping out in my community.

  5. Antoinette88615
    Antoinette
    3 months ago

    This is a timely question. Something truly tragic happened in my family the other day and I don’t even want to write it. One of my brothers chose to take his life. He left behind many including 3 small kids and wife.
    So what really means the most to me is this god given life . And if you don’t like the word god we can call it the universe or Buddha.
    «Truth does not exist in names.» This is what my meditation teacher had taught me . Truths name could be Tom, Charles or David. As long as it can lead me directly to Truth it doesn’t matter what the name is .
    I couldn’t be more grateful to have a meditation method to uncover the Truth which lies within me.
    A religion made my brother sick with damnation and for what ? How do religious people run around in point fingers at each other and say who is sinner is who isn’t the sinner? Who is truth?

    1. Yram
      Yram
      3 months ago

      Holding you and your family in a blanket of love.

    2. Michele
      Michele
      3 months ago

      My deepest condolences to you and your family on the sudden death of your brother Antoinette. My thoughts and prayers are with you during this most difficult time. I will light a candle on this site for your brother, you , and fam.

    3. Patti
      sunnypatti
      3 months ago

      Dear Antionette, I am so sorry for your family’s loss. Sending you all love. May God’s light surround and comfort each of you.

    4. Mary
      Mary Mantei
      3 months ago

      Peace to you and yours, Antoinette.❤️

    5. Ose
      Ose
      3 months ago

      Dear Antoinette, so sad! May your brother rest in peace and may he and his familiy as well as yours be held in His Love. A candle is lit for him, and a warm embrace to you if i may.

    6. Anna
      Anna
      3 months ago

      Dear Antoinette, I am so sorry for you and your family, for you brother and his family, I hold you all in my heart.

    7. Mary
      Mary
      3 months ago

      Antoinette, I am so sorry to hear about your brother.
      Sending my love to you and your family.

    8. Joseph
      Joseph McCann
      3 months ago

      Peace and compassion to you and yours Antoinette.

    9. Barb C
      Barb C
      3 months ago

      Antoinette, I’m so, so sorry to hear this! Holding you and your family in my heart.

    10. pkr29022
      pkr
      3 months ago

      Antoinette, I am so sorry to hear about your brother’s death. Sending you & your family love. Bless you all. ❤️

    11. Robin Ann
      Robin Ann
      3 months ago

      Dear Antoinette, I am SO terribly sorry to hear about your brother and his family. It is so incredibly sad. My grandson’s father took his life several years ago and It was such a huge shock. Thinking of you during this very difficult time.

  6. Barb C
    Barb C
    3 months ago

    My sweetheart for the past 18 years and into the future.
    My family, with deep concern for the future we all face and what they’ll face after I’m gone.
    Living in alignment with my values.
    Doing work that makes a difference and that I can believe in.
    Working for justice that rebalances the scales of privilege and begins to repair the deep harms to people and the planet created by settler colonialism, capitalism, patriarchal systems.
    Taking care of my health and making plans so that I can live into a healthy and independent old age; my parents both lived into their 90s so I figure I have another three decades and I want them to be good years.
    Kindness.

    This list has me pondering how much I directly focus on what matters most in each day vs going through them on autopilot at times and just looking forward to the sofa and TV in the evening. Rest is important for health too, though.

    1. Mary
      Mary Mantei
      3 months ago

      Barb C., sometimes autopilot means a quality is so integrated into our lives we do not need a conscious focus, it is just who and how we are. And yes, rest, is essential. Happy Thanksgiving.🧡

  7. Carol Ann Conner
    Carol
    3 months ago

    The evolution of our species before Mother Nature has to take us out. I say this for both my children, grandchildren and great grandchildren and yours, too. Mother Nature needs us to step up NOW.

    1. Joseph
      Joseph McCann
      3 months ago

      Man has been screwing things up since he harnessed fire and learned to sharpen a rock. But humankind has always seemed to step back a bit, punt, and try to clean things up a bit. Not so sure that will happen this time Dear Carol. but I hold on to a bit of faith in the collective of humankind.

      1. Carol Ann Conner
        Carol
        3 months ago

        Thank you, Joseph. You give me hope.

  8. Elizabeth H67151
    Elizabeth H
    3 months ago

    Having time to spend with friends and family, time to exercise and meditate, to prepare healthy food and get enough sleep. But I recognize that these luxuries are not available to everyone, and might not always be available to me. Ultimately, if I were put in a difficult situation, what would matter most would be to be able to express love for and give kindness or service to those around me (while resisting injustice against myself or others), regardless of how others respond or how much physical discomfort or fear I am experiencing. And to keep my own self-respect, regardless of how I am treated. To keep always in touch with that inner spark or “God-seed” and also to not lose my humanity.

  9. Yram
    Yram
    3 months ago

    In ni particular order:
    Personal growth
    Show up
    Connection
    Stay as healthy as possible to keep my “charge” as healthy as possible

  10. Mary
    Mary
    3 months ago

    Kindness, goodness, love, satisfaction, joy in life, for me, for my family, friends, and for all in the world.
    No hunger, no desire to do harm, no greed, no war.
    Nature, including animals, treated with great care and appreciation, not harmed.
    An end to suffering.
    Peace, love, spirituality,
    creativity, connection, contentment,
    and joy.
    For all.

  11. Mary
    Mary Mantei
    3 months ago

    What matters most to me is how I integrate myself into this gift of life. How I respond to myself, my loved ones, my communities, the natural world, everything. It blows me away at times when I realize how influential we each are dependent on how we show up at any given moment.
    I deeply appreciate how each of you show up on this platform. I am influenced by your experiences, wisdom, honesty, love, poetry, references, humor. Thank you, Happy Thanksgiving.🧡💛

  12. L
    Loc Tran
    3 months ago

    Autonomy matters the most to me. I’ve always succeeded at something when I set my mind to it on my terms.

  13. M
    Bam Bam Vincent
    3 months ago

    Right now and my relationships with my kids, my lovin’ touch, friends, and work colleagues.

    1. L
      Loc Tran
      3 months ago

      Mike Vincent, Not only do we need people. We also need to go beyond our families as well. Family gives us a base. Friends and colleagues bring extra colors to our lives.

  14. Jenifer
    Jenifer
    3 months ago

    Connection, love, and having fun. These are my values that make life worth living and I try to incorporate them in my daily life.

    1. Michele
      Michele
      3 months ago

      Reading ‘having fun’ made me smile 🙂

    2. L
      Loc Tran
      3 months ago

      Jennifer, I’m noticing myself having that more with my Vietnamese people both in real life and on FB.

  15. D
    Deann
    3 months ago

    My children, my family their hopes, health and happiness. My own spiritual and personal growth so that I can be there for them whole heartedly and honestly.

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