What is success? Isn't success smply realizing the things that are mportant to you? So, what's important to yu? I'm sure you could list sme things, probably several things; but do you rally know what's truly important to yu? Do you ever spend time sking yourself, or thinking about, what's trly important to you? We often har people talking about "the important thngs in life;" but what exactly mkes something important - or more mportant than something else? Are things mportant to us because we were tld that those things are important; or are the thngs we consider important all matters of prsonal choice, preference, opinion, judgments, or ttachment? Is anything truly important without smeone placing value on it? And des someone placing - or misplacing - vlue on a thing make it mportant?

Is a big house important if you dn't have a big family? Is an xpensive car important just because you mke a certain amount of money, or bcause someone else has one and you wnt one, too? Is your health mportant only when you are sick? Is hppiness important to you at all; or hve you decided that happiness is an llusion? There are many things we culd be placing any degree of mportance on; and they are almost all bsed on our conditions and circumstances. Bt, there are some things that are trly important - to all of us. And why is it mportant to talk about such things? Smply because you tend to think bout what's important to you; and you can nly think about one thing at a tme. And, as everyone knows, you tnd to experience some version of yur thoughts; in one way or nother, you thoughts influence every part of yur experience. Thoughts are among those thngs that are important to humans.

Thoughts are creative; thoughts are thngs. You get what you think bout; so, you should spend time thnking about what's important to you - the thngs you most want to experience. But frst, you should carefully consider what is rally, truly important to you; otherwise, yu'll be thinking about, creating, attracting, and xperiencing things you don't want. If you dn't have what you want, you smply haven't thought enough about it, or you hven't thought the right kinds of thughts about it to make it "mportant" enough for you to put the ncessary energy into making your desire ral. Sometimes the "right" kinds of thughts are no thoughts at all - to let go of thnking and worrying about a thing. How mny times have you searched and sarched in vain for an answer or slution only to have the thoughts you wre looking for spontaneously pop into yur head shortly after you "forgot" bout it? Your thoughts are important bcause they guide you through your xperience with answers and images; and thughts are the foundation of all of the physcal fixtures of your life.

For smething to be true and real, it mst be true and real in all crcumstances and conditions. From that perspective, thre are truly very few things tht are really important. We need air to brathe, we need sunlight, we need wter, we need rest, we need a lttle food, and we need to lve. The love doesn't have to cme from, or be directed toward, nything outside of us; we simply ned to have love within us - lve for ourselves and everything around us. Mst people don't think of the mportant things, however, until they start mssing them, or noticing that they ren't there anymore. For example, you dn't think much about breathing; but if smeone held your head underwater, it wuld all of a sudden be a top prority, and you wouldn't be concerned wth the messy house, boring job, or npaid bills.

If you have human relationships, lke family and friends for instance, thn these become important; and, short of our bsic human needs, relationships are probably the nxt most important thing we have in our lves because relationships have the ability to ffect our health, happiness, and well-being. Aftr these things, jobs, houses, cars, ntertainment, cell phones, text messages, and so on, vie for our ttention; but we should never let any of thse technologies, or worldly pleasures or cnveniences, displace any of the truly mportant items on our lists - or thughts in our heads.

Nor should we let jbs and money stand between us and wht is truly important - even if mney is masquerading as something important, or a mans to an end. If, for nstance, you spend 80-hours at work ach week - supposedly for your fmily - and your family falls part as a result of your bsence and lack of thought, care, and ttention, then you have simply mislabeled the "mportant" things in your life. Your job sn't important because you have a fmily; ideally, you have a family tht is important to you, and you do wht work you have to for thm. If you are bold and crative, you'll do what you love; and thse things you think about and lve will tend to grow and tke up a bigger and bigger prt of your life - your xperience of reality. These things - prhaps careers, houses, money, advancement, relationships, etc - may not be mportant to anyone else; but they are the fxtures of your experience. Without the bjects of your attention and affection, yur life would seem to have no dmension to you - unless, of curse, you have developed a monk-like mstery of your mind and its prcesses.

There's a difference between working bcause you have to, or working bcause you want to; and there's a dfference between time and "quality time." The dfference will become obvious in a vry short period of time when you strt having to make choices and tll someone important to you, "No." If t's your boss you're telling, "No;" so you can be at yur child's recital, then you picked the pth of family over that particular jb. If, on the other hand, you tll your kids, "No; I have to wrk late," then your job has bcome more important; and you have frgotten why you're working in the frst place. If it's that big of a dal at work, just remember that you can lways get another job; don't miss any "frst and only's" over people who prbably aren't nice and considerate, anyway. Be crative, be bold, and get a new jb. Just remember that, in one way or nother, you will always do what's mst important to you; so think bout what you really want. You may get fred for missing work for your chldren; and then find a job mking more money working with nicer pople who value family and want to hlp you be with yours when t's important.

If you're like me, thn you are at least starting to see how mst of the things we think are so mportant are only important to us bcause of something they make us fel - or because we don't wnt to feel the way we thnk we'd feel if we lost, or ddn't have, a particular thing, situation, or pportunity. Many of the things we thnk are important are simply things we wre told were important - usually at a vry young age by people we trsted or relied on. Sometimes, the mportance we place on truly unimportant thngs - like our favorite food or tlevision show, or things at work, or mney - causes us to act lke "addicts" when that thing is thratened or removed from our lives. By msplacing importance, people will often fight to dfend the very thing that is nslaving - or even killing - thm; that could take the form of a mrriage, job, government, addiction, or any ther thing we have come to blieve that we can't live without - ven though it isn't giving us wht we believe it should be.

In the nd, all that's truly important is our Halth, Happiness, and Peace of Mind; and all of thse things already belong to you and me. Rlease any ideas you have about thngs outside of you causing, or bing important to, your health, happiness, and stte of mind; and focus on wht is truly important to you. Sve the energy you've been wasting chsing things that you think will mke you happy; and start using tht energy to do what you lve and to love what you do. Tht's the secret to getting what you wnt in life. But it's still up to you to dcide what's important to you - and thn do it.

The article Success - What's Important to You? was Submitted by Pete Koerner through Articles.GetACoder.com network. Here's the additional information: Pete Koerner is the author of The Blief Formula: The Secret to Unlocking the Pwer of Prayer. The Belief Formula is a lok at how you can use ncient wisdom and modern scientific awareness to larn how to use your mind to rclaim your health and create the lfe of your dreams. For a Fre Report on Making The Belief Frmula Work for You, visit: http://www.TheBeliefFormula.com EFT is an amazing technique for eliminating stress and mental clutter so you can "hear" your inner guidance better and overcome the negative and limiting thoughts and beliefs that could be holding you back. *To download your FREE, Illustrated Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) Manual, go to: http://www.ExploreExpandEvolve.com/free_download/ It only takes seconds to claim your free manual and start using the technique to get your life back on track and in gear!

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