As a 17 year old man, what I find important is often far from important. Either way it doesn't matter, the things I care about are fairly simple; Family, my best friends (I have 3), my girlfriend (been together for 2+ years), snowboarding, playing video games (I find it therapeutic), meditation as a source self reflection, and after starting it I actually like blogging so this will probably be fairly permanent. I'm sure those will eventually change as things in my life change like getting a job, or, God forbid, get dumped. However, after having 3-4 near death experiences, and a experience I am pretty sure was death, the one thing that doesn't change in my life is that I stopped living for others. Before those things happened I was fairly certain that I needed to spend my life improving the lives of others, and not worrying about my own happiness or needs. Needless to say it kind of messed me up, which lead to therapy and a whole bunch of complicated stuff you guys don't need to hear about. But after taking up meditation, most of that bad stuff that came out of being completely self negligent has passed and I'm back to being the guy I wanted to grow up to be. So as a result I would have to say that the people you love are always important, but letting them take control of your life is probably one of the biggest mistakes of mine. I might have thought myself a hero, but heroes don't last.
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