What We Give

How is our life measured?  Is it by what we receive?  By how much we earn?  How many things we acquire?  How impressive our resume and portfolio is?

Or is it more than these things.

It’s really easy (especially in this day and age) to get caught up in numbers.  I know I’ve been guilty of it before.

We miss out on opportunities to really hang out with family or friends because we think that if we just invest a little more time and make that bonus, or get to x amount of followers, then we will make it big.

But in the process we miss out on so many more important things.

There’s nothing wrong with numbers to a certain extent, but when they start to take priority it can lead us down a dangerous road.  We can’t lose ourselves for the sake of numbers, esteem, or other’s opinions.

How many “stars” have we seen buy into this mentality and have a devastating crash.  It’s because somewhere along the way the real meaning and importance of things takes a back seat to the numbers.

So whatever you are striving for, go after it with all your heart, but don’t lose the core of who you are and don’t forget the why behind what you are doing.