Convergence of Circumstances

Most of us have heard many topics and discussions on priorities. We have heard concepts of prioritizing such as: big rocks first, four quadrants of urgent and important, making a list (checking it twice), and your calendar is an indication as to what your priorities are…the list goes on.

I use many of these concepts myself. When it comes to prioritizing our lives, we should all have a system, or a combination of systems that we follow.

What we value in our normal life is where we spend most of our time. But when circumstances converge we alter our priorities. We adapt given our current circumstance. I heard someone talk about how his priorities changed as he and his wife were getting ready for a vacation. The husband valued being on time and he scheduled his calendar accordingly. His goal was to pack the car and pull out of the driveway by 8am. His priority was to stay on schedule and to start their vacation. The car was packed and he was ready to leave. As he was trying to encourage his wife to hurry up, he crossed the line. He asked her to hurry one too many times and she was frustrated. His priority changed from getting out the door on time to not making his wife frustrated.