Think About It

I was shuffling through some notes the other day and came across one that made me think.   I don’t know if it was something I thought up or if it was a quote from a book I was reading, but the note says, “Society doesn’t get to define what is important in my life.”.    After contemplating this, it probably is something I read somewhere else because I am not sure I could come up with a concept that is that enlightening.   Whether it was my idea or one I borrowed, the point is pretty important to me these days.   I am often a chameleon who tends to allow the world to sneak into my priorities.   I get too wrapped up in current events and modern issues and allow them to occupy too much of my time.   Folks, there are a lot of issues being discussed in today’s world that don’t impact and shouldn’t influence me.   When I spend too much of my life engulfed in “borrowed” issues, I lose my focus and my energy.   When I am out fighting battles that really aren’t important to me or even apply to m