While setting priorities can be very difficult when faced with conflicting interests, they still need to be made, whether they are personal, business, or government matters.
Then there is how the importance of priorities changes over your adult life let alone as a child and teenager (not going there). I still smile thinking about one of the more important priorities as a first time dad . . . My wife and I fretting over using reusable or the just recently announced disposable diapers for our now 28 year old son. Well, we quickly realized that the cloth diaper approach was a very bad idea . . . no matter that it served our mothers well when we were babies. (How anyone could tolerate that smell for that long still amazes me!)
Now, that I have probably irritated my oldest son . . . he at least knows what I mean and just like his sister learned several years earlier. Yes, a big deal back then, because it was all about what was best for our child, which should remain true today with all good parents.
However, the prioritizing challenge grows incrementally as your children grow and become more independent . . . and demanding. I am shaking my head right now about the minefield of love that I slipped through during the teenage years of just my daughter. (Not going to dare speak for my wife.) Trying to set priorities that were considered fair by all the kids at this age level is usually a no win situation, as they have become expert at playing each parent (mom more than dad in my case – grin).
Okay, are you still interested or just scratching your head . . . asking what the?
I am really talking about the future for our kids, grandkids, other family members, and friends!
The challenge of priorities dealing with protecting any country from a mass weapon of destruction attack by those who could care less of who was killed, including the countless number of babies and small children, should be what matters . . . as it means all the above personal priorities can be experienced without this ugly cloud hanging over the free world.
Furthermore, I really could care less about the financial cost associated with doing whatever it takes to offer the best way of safeguarding my children and grandchildren. And that is one priority that should not challenge any of us!
