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Here are my priorities in life according to the dalai lama quiz. Anyone who has ever met me will agree it is /dead/ on.
1. “pride.” the ability to feel satisfied with myself.
in terms of personal, moral evaluation, am i satisfied that i’m living my life the way i ought to?
i /do/ strive for that above all else. Personal Honor is very important to me.
because honestly, you have to be worth something to your/self/ first. or you will never even glimpse the potential you have to be worth something to someone else.
2. “career.” i believe that each of us has a specific place in the world. and i believe that mine is very specific.
i believe that i have been given the gifts necessary to fulfill this place, and that if i don’t, i have failed in why i was put here.
because i /have/ a purpose. and the second most important thing to me closely follows the first, that i don’t fail in my Personal Responsibility to This World.
3. “money.” when i first read this, i had a strong reaction against it. i thought no, this is a mistake, i /must/ like dogs better than birds. but now, after evaluating it, i realize it makes sense. because what does money mean for us in this world? /Freedom./ and /Independence/. and there /is/ little more important to me in this world than that. i mean, without your freedom, without your independence, what meaning can there be to anything else that might be given you?
4. “family.” i know, how cold-hearted can it sound that this one doesn’t come until fourth? especially since i include equally in it my /absolutely/ beloved friends? and when they mean /so incredibly much to me/? well, i hope you can understand, from reading the explanations above, that if i don’t meet the fist three, i don’t feel that i can have this one. my first duties to my family and friends are my duties to myself. because if i can’t be who i am, then i can’t be anything to you. even though i love you above all else. and you mean absolutely /the world/ to me. (True Family, i believe, includes your closest family and your greatest friends. everyone has family members that they don’t really care for, and i have been blessed to meet some of the truly /best/ people on the face of the planet.)
5. and finally, for me lastly, “Love.” because i believe it will come when it comes. and it /will/ come. just make sure you reach out and grab it and fight for it to keep it when it does.
1. “pride.” the ability to feel satisfied with myself.
in terms of personal, moral evaluation, am i satisfied that i’m living my life the way i ought to?
i /do/ strive for that above all else. Personal Honor is very important to me.
because honestly, you have to be worth something to your/self/ first. or you will never even glimpse the potential you have to be worth something to someone else.
2. “career.” i believe that each of us has a specific place in the world. and i believe that mine is very specific.
i believe that i have been given the gifts necessary to fulfill this place, and that if i don’t, i have failed in why i was put here.
because i /have/ a purpose. and the second most important thing to me closely follows the first, that i don’t fail in my Personal Responsibility to This World.
3. “money.” when i first read this, i had a strong reaction against it. i thought no, this is a mistake, i /must/ like dogs better than birds. but now, after evaluating it, i realize it makes sense. because what does money mean for us in this world? /Freedom./ and /Independence/. and there /is/ little more important to me in this world than that. i mean, without your freedom, without your independence, what meaning can there be to anything else that might be given you?
4. “family.” i know, how cold-hearted can it sound that this one doesn’t come until fourth? especially since i include equally in it my /absolutely/ beloved friends? and when they mean /so incredibly much to me/? well, i hope you can understand, from reading the explanations above, that if i don’t meet the fist three, i don’t feel that i can have this one. my first duties to my family and friends are my duties to myself. because if i can’t be who i am, then i can’t be anything to you. even though i love you above all else. and you mean absolutely /the world/ to me. (True Family, i believe, includes your closest family and your greatest friends. everyone has family members that they don’t really care for, and i have been blessed to meet some of the truly /best/ people on the face of the planet.)
5. and finally, for me lastly, “Love.” because i believe it will come when it comes. and it /will/ come. just make sure you reach out and grab it and fight for it to keep it when it does.