Do What Matters Most Novels & Stories

He laughs and shakes his head at me. "Here is the thing kitty." "It does not matter how much you smile, how much you laugh, or how much you tell them you love it. People will only see what they believe is true. No amount of screaming, crying or teaching will change their mind. They will see our lifestyle as wrong. The sooner we forget what others think, live free all the time, the sooner we can live the life we want". "Look at it this way kitty, those that matter don't mind, those that mind don't matter. Not to us" I nod, he is right, people are going to point and say it is wrong every day.

From the day I married you until the day I ended it over coffee like I was cancelling something that did not matter. You mattered. You were the thing that mattered most and I did not know. You do not have to reply to this letter. You do not have to acknowledge it. You do not have to do anything with it at all. Liam. I read it once. I read it again. I put it face down on the kitchen table. I sit with both hands flat against the wood. I breathe. You were the thing that mattered most and I did not know. I read that line one more time.

hadn’t accounted for. “You isolate variables,” it said. The words slower now. more focused. because now it was studying this. trying to understand. “No,” I said. the word steadier now. stronger. because I understood too. “I’m not isolating anything.” my hand tightened around his. not the strongest grip. not the clearest. but chosen. “I’m deciding what matters.” The space cracked. sharp. because that didn’t fit. didn’t align. didn’t resolve. “All states matter equally,” it said. the words immediate. correcting.

The same habit of underlining things twice when they mattered. "He taught you his system," Elena said. Richard stopped beside her. "He said most people lose what matters because they don't know where they put it," Richard said. "He said a good system is the difference between evidence and noise." "He used to say that to me," Elena said quietly. "When I was twelve and couldn't find my homework." Richard looked at her. Then sat down heavily in the desk chair, like his legs had made a decision his brain was still catching up with.

The people hold one another. And all of it continues exactly the way it should. Not through grand gestures. Not through extraordinary moments. But through ordinary ones. The kind that matter most. Day after day. The right amount. All of it.

"Leo." "I know what you're going to say. I know the meetings matter and the relationships I'm building there matter and the company matters." He looked directly at the camera. "You matter more. The children matter more. And I have been behaving for eighteen months like the business and the travel and the growth were the things that couldn't flex, and it has not occurred to me, clearly and plainly, that I was wrong about what was flexible." Daniel said nothing for a moment. "Come home," he said finally. "Don't cancel the meetings. Come home after."

"Why? No one knows. You would think that the world would be a better place but you can't place a timer on anything. It's not yes or no. There's also a maybe. So you should know that you can't judge a person and you cannot predict someone's move perfectly. Whatever j said is also a prediction. Lia, you just live your life fully. Other people will not affect your mind. Keep that in mind." "But people do affect me." "You are affected by what matters to you. If you didn't care, it wouldn't matter. That's why you take care of what matters to you. I'm saying, don't be bothered by people you don't consider important to you. You can be manipulated that's why it's important to think before acting." Y

Besides, the business is what really matters. “The money is what really matters,” someone said, and laughter erupted throughout the room. I stood up and pulled my fists to straighten them. — I swear here, in front of all of you, that any gay members of your families are irrelevant to me. As Borghese said, what matters is business.

Tomorrow I would wake up and build something that mattered. Not for them. Not for damage control. Not even for legacy. For me.