Ice Breaker #11: What makes you decide that something is important in your life?

Okay, here's another question for everyone:

What makes you decide that something is important in your life?

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Originally Posted by cherish

Okay, here's another question for everyone:

What makes you decide that something is important in your life?

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Percent alcohol by volume?

Money $$$



:)

No kidding...

Well, something that definitely help me consider things are:
Security
Past experiences

Meaning, my family, job, and studies offer me security (surety) So they are important to me, past experiences lead me towards girlfriends - I know what happened, so, they are now not important to me :p

Good point, Hannes. :thumb: ;)

The Love of God - which can overcome all trials and tribulations.

The word of God from the scripture says:

My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness.(2Cornithians 12:9)

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.(Psalm 23:4)

With the life experience, as a child of God, i can strongly testify it

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Originally Posted by alpha

The Love of God - which can overcome all trials and tribulations.

The word of God from the scripture says:

My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness.(2Cornithians 12:9)

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.(Psalm 23:4)

With the life experience, as a child of God, i can strongly testify it

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Don't forget that "I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me." (Phillipens 4:13)

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Originally Posted by cherish

What makes you decide that something is important in your life?

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Don't you think that's rather a general question? I find it hard to aswer. It depends. Probably things that bring me confort, joy and security have greater chances to be considered important. ;)

i agree with cilu :D also depends on what you are refering to ? as important ..? deciding on one thin is rather difficult as in life what future holds no one knows, and as time passes priorities changes, and hence their importance. well just my openion :) :cool:

Thanks Cilu for the verse

In fact i wanted to quote one more verse:
I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.(Hebrwes 13:5)
I was not able to recollect the verse number while posting.
Now i referred it.

True, it is a general question. :D

For me, generally speaking... anything that has a profound effect in my future.. those things are what I would consider important in my life. :)

This is a very general question. Bad things can be important, good things can be important. Past things, future things, events, actions, history, drop-down comboboxes everything is important. Everything will play a part in the story of life.

So I guess I wouldn't say I decide what makes something important, rather everything that affects us, I'd say is important.

For me it's how does it affect my life.. Things/People that lift me, make life (and the important things in life) easier, Stand by me..

If it has a large positive effect on my life it is very important...

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Originally Posted by cherish

What makes you decide that something is important in your life?

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As Marius said: When asked that way, it's indeed a very general question. But I guess I know what you mean (actually, you clarified it somewhat later on).

Well, my answer is that you never (or only very rarely) know in advance. If you did, all decisions would be easy, and life would probably be pretty boring... :)

Tiny little events which influence your life / future (to the good or to the bad) keep happening all the time - some have very little effect, some have significant impact, and yet some prove to be true turning points in your life. However, you usually only find out during the aftermath (sometimes only years later) that something that looked like an unconspicious little detail at first (like a phone call received / a particular seat taken on a train / a specific link clicked in a Google serch result list instead of another) has actually been the single causal event that turned your life upside down.

// Two movies come to mind which have their storyline based on this very subject: "Run Lola Run" (one of the few German / European productions that made it into the US cinemas), and "Sliding Doors".

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Originally Posted by Cherish

What makes you decide that something is important in your life?

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Everything in my life is important to me. Punkt!

:D :)

I fully agree with this...

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Originally Posted by gstercken

that something that looked like an unconspicious little detail at first (like a phone call received / a particular seat taken on a train / a specific link clicked in a Google serch result list instead of another) has actually been the single causal event that turned your life upside down.

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...Or downside up.

For one, I started contributing to CG as a one-time thing... And now, look! :eek: :thumb:

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Originally Posted by Siddhartha

I fully agree with this......Or downside up.

For one, I started contributing to CG as a one-time thing... And now, look! :eek: :thumb:

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Yes, I also started with a simple question and now I'm stuck. :p :D And I'm very happy with it. ;)

every thing .. both tangible and intangible things are important to me..
the smile, a simple greeting given by friend or a stranger, the air that i breath.. the bug on my program.. :D

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Originally Posted by Siddhartha

Or downside up.

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Well, isn't that the same thing? :D

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Originally Posted by Siddhartha

For one, I started contributing to CG as a one-time thing... And now, look!

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Originally Posted by cilu

Yes, I also started with a simple question and now I'm stuck. And I'm very happy with it.

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Well, that's more or less what I had in mind with my example of the Google link clicked... ;)

It is of course the same thing... I was agreeing, and that was just an addendum to what you said.

Importance to things that can bring happiness around. Their practicality and implementability.

Then come the ideals/values.

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Originally Posted by cherish

Okay, here's another question for everyone:

What makes you decide that something is important in your life?

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my wife?

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Originally Posted by Doctor Luz

my wife?

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Sweet. :)

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Originally Posted by cherish

Sweet. :)

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... or aweful? ;) :D

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Originally Posted by exterminator

... or aweful? ;) :D

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... hmm. ;) :D