What is important?

  Interesting question I think.  Maybe a little hard to answer because

it does seem quite subjective although it has many objective aspects.

When you add more context, it becomes a little easier to answer.


I guess this one thing that generally stands out as important are

needs.  What do " we " need,  and that would also include, what

do " I " need.  Needs do tend to focus the mind and give it some

kind of directions.  


But generally, and moment by moment, I think two things

do come to mind as important.  Compassion and love.  

Both are kind of central to life and perhaps both

are what you might think of as " needs ", both in

the giving and receiving aspects.


Of course there is a lot to say about both of these and

it requires a good deal of thought to sort those two

things out.  I know personally that I've been trying

to sort out the differences between those two things

most of my life.  I know that some people do have

good answers about how they differ.  Somehow they

do seem to work together.  


I should mention world peace or world peas or whirled

peas.  That does seem kind of important to everyone,

perhaps now more than ever. Kind of important and

today almost a need.   A thing to value.  Also, I think,

it may have a lot to do with how we view each other,

and also how we " feel " generally.  It may be down

the road a bit, but how far?  Not as far away as the

farthest star, I would say!

  


And finally,  I need to mention that Baha'i's are celebrating 

Ridvan throughout the world.  Kind of important to them.  

This one in particular, because it is in many ways  

a " new " beginning. 



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