“What Is Really Important?”

“What is really important in your life?  Sometimes you worry about things that make no sense, or have no eternal value.  Does it matter how long you will live?  Are you like a bird trying to figure out how to spend more time inside your cage? 

“Many of the things society demands of you through the media are not really necessary.  Many artificial needs have been put upon the shoulders of human beings, particularly in the richer countries.  Start to enjoy the freedom of understanding that all you need is already within you; that your true needs to preserve your physical life can be counted with the fingers of one hand, and that all the rest is not necessary, nor does it produce any real or lasting satisfaction.  
Accept once and for all that you already posses all you need.  Don’t waste your mental resources or your spiritual energy by worrying for things that don’t add any value to your real life.   
Ask yourself, would this bring me close to all I ever wanted, or is it just another distraction -- a waste of time and energy?”