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Posts by Robbie S. Ward

Robbie S. Ward is a journalist living in Starkville, Mississippi. He organizes the Johnny Cash Flower Pickin' Festival, blogs at www.starkvillecityjail.com and tweets @starkcityjail.

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On Learning to Set Priorities

 

Living with the immediacy of death helps you sort out your priorities in life. It helps you to live a less trivial life.” ~Sogyal Rinpoche

Sitting in the ICU waiting rooms during recent months waiting to visit Mama, my life slowed down more than I can remember in recent memory. I had a lot of time to think about what I’ve done with my life in recent years.

Many things that seemed important at the time all of sudden seemed trivial. I realized how much my life had gotten out of control. I wasn’t a drug addict or alcoholic, …