Do What Matters Most Novels & Stories

When I arranged my mother's funeral by myself, he was not worried about that either. Yet when Natalie's mother fell ill, he was more attentive than anyone. "Alright. I understand," I said. Josh paused, then tried to explain. It was the first in a long time. "It's my fault this time. I can't predict an emergency. Once everything settles down, I'll make a reservation at your favorite restaurant, and we can relax together." I looked at the divorce papers my lawyer had sent and told him that was fine. Josh sounded relieved. He was about to say something else when a voice suddenly called his name from the other end.

The more you grow you learn that the image of a person isn't everything. What Matters is how they treat you, Henry may not give me butterflies every time his near me but he offers me peace and security. I never have to question his intentions with me and wonder where he is when his not home. We have trust in our relationship a very important trait, without it most relationships are doomed.

That's all that matters the most. END

“Well… yes, but—“ “But what?” I slam a pot on the stove far harder than I intend to. “It still matters.” I snort. When have my problems ever mattered? In fact, when was I allowed to have problems? All my life Ricklan has taught me the only thing that matters is me getting through Lycroft, then my life can start. Then I can be the sort of girl with trivial issues like boys. I don’t want to get mad at him, but the feeling crops up unbidden.

“That’s just him. It sounds cold when I say it out loud but it’s not. When he decides something matters, he’s all in. You just have to be the thing that matters.” “And you matter to him,” I said. “I know.” She smiled, small and real. “That’s why tonight bothered me more than it should have. Because I know I matter. I just also know I’m not always the most urgent thing.” She picked up her water glass. “That’s not a complaint. That’s just the truth.” “Has he ever said that to you? That you matter?”

As forever. And that is all that matters.

“You don’t understand.” “I do, more than you realize, but keep in mind that no one else matters. Not AmberMane or Victor or anyone. What they have to say doesn’t matter. What matters is your happiness and I won’t let you give up on it because you’re afraid of someone’s opinion. To hell with them all. They don’t know Max the way you and I do. They’re in no position to judge.”

“What matters, then?” Ethan turned to her, his eyes steady and sincere. “You matter. This—us—matters. The work, the company, it’s all important, but I don’t want to lose sight of what matters anymore. I don’t want to look back one day and regret not giving more of myself to the people I care about.” Emma’s heart swelled at his words. She had always known that Ethan had more to him than the sharp, business-focused persona he projected. But hearing him say it out loud, hearing him express his vulnerability, made her realize just how much he had grown—and how much she had, too.

When you miss someone that you have left behind, you will remember them and not the things that are not important. So, yes, it is true that life will not go as you plan. Life happens, and so does it end. We all will meet our destined fate. But it will be the path that you traveled that will count the most. It will be that one special person that meant more than the world. The one that you would sacrifice yourself just to see one single smile on their face. Don’t let life happen, and you have not done the things that you wanted. Live big, laugh loud, and love with your whole heart. You will, at the end, when you find yourself alone, you will appreciate the things that actually matter the most

Together. That was all that mattered.