What Matters Most In Life?

Someone asked me today what did I find to be the most important and the least important about life, while battling cancer.  This was my reply: 

Well for me, I was a workaholic and always struggled with work life balance.   My son Zach was so young and he would come and want to play and I remember having to often say not right now mommy has to finish this audit. It took me being sick to really put a value on quality family time. What became most important to me was creating memories that my son will always have long after I am gone. 

I began recording our conversations so he can remember things we share and my voice. Material things, though never were really important to me became even less important. I lost everything, my health, job, house, car yet I still had everything in God, my family, friends. Most of all God's trust in that He knew that I would know what to do once He healed me. Share His Word and His Love!

I am affectionately known in my family as "The Energizer Bunny,"  and some people still think I am a workaholic but I definitely now know when to shut it down and put family first.  I am so passionate about what I'm doing now it doesn't feel like work any more. 

Funny how life's challenges can change your whole perspective in life.  What matters today, truly may not matter tomorrow and vice versa. Definitely don't sweat the small stuff.  Thanks SK Dixon for inspiring this post.  Peace and blessings.