What Matters Most? (ep. 341)
Live Inspired Podcast with John O'Leary
John O'Leary
4.9 • 672 Ratings
🗓️ 15 March 2021
⏱️ 6 minutes
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Summary
“We get so wrapped up in numbers in our society. The most important thing is that we are able to be one-to-one, you and I with each other at the moment. If we can be present to the moment with the person that we happen to be with, that’s what’s important.” ― Fred Rogers
It’s easy to simply race through the day, check off the to-do-list, go to bed exhausted, wake up tired, wash and repeat. We seldom pause and ask the question, “What truly matters most right now?”
The global pandemic over the past year has taught us much. One vital lesson we would be wise to remember is the fragility and preciousness of life.
Sometimes we can only recognize the grandeur of that miracle by slowing down long enough to take inventory of our blessings, the gift of relationships and the power of love.
And one of the best ways to celebrate those blessings is to choose to be fully present with the individuals who matter most.
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| 0:00.0 | Well, hello, my friends, and welcome to the Live Inspired Monday morning moments with John O'Leary. |
| 0:13.8 | I record these episodes so that you and I can begin our week in awe and on fire. |
| 0:19.4 | Let's go, people, with a burst of inspiration at a friend in college. |
| 0:23.5 | He's tuning in right now, so I'll give him a shout-out. Patrick Barry. Patrick Barry claims that he was |
| 0:28.5 | raised by a television. He was raised by a television. If that's true, one of the individuals |
| 0:34.7 | who helped raise Patrick would have been Fred Rogers. And one of my favorite |
| 0:39.1 | quotes from Fred Rogers goes like this. We get so wrapped up in numbers in our society. The most |
| 0:45.4 | important thing is that we are able to be one to one. You and I with each other at that moment. |
| 0:53.8 | If we can be present to the moment with the person that we happen to be |
| 0:57.4 | with, that's what is truly important. So here's my question to you. What truly matters right now in your |
| 1:07.7 | life as you journey into this day, into this week and beyond, what really matters to you right now? |
| 1:14.2 | Well, in the race through the day, it's not a question most of us spend much time asking. |
| 1:20.6 | But it's one last week that I was liberated to answer. |
| 1:24.2 | Let me tell you more about it. |
| 1:25.6 | The week was packed with activities. I was jammed, |
| 1:29.2 | packed with coaching calls and podcast interviews, virtual speaking events, pre-conference calls, |
| 1:35.2 | and team meetings. There were articles to be written, content to be flushed out, emails requiring |
| 1:41.2 | responses, strategy to be clarified, and problems to be navigated. |
| 1:47.0 | In other words, work, there was work to be done. And in the midst of that work, there are also |
| 1:55.1 | the profoundly important needs beckoning within my community, within my family, and within my personal life. |
| 2:02.3 | There's the awesome responsibility of raising, educating, and guiding for children to their |
| 2:08.8 | potential. There's the desire to connect with, to love well, and to still actively date |
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