Do What Matters Most Novels & Stories

“Does it matter?” “Yes,” she says, firm now. “Because one frees you. The other chains you.” I look away, staring at the glowing numbers on the screen behind her. Projections, targets, deadlines. None of it matters compared to what’s coming. “It doesn’t matter. Not yet. What matters is making sure he doesn’t touch what we’ve built.” Vivian shakes her head slowly, like she wants to argue but knows it’s useless right now. “Fine. Then we prepare for messy.”

That’s the most important thing… or not. Shit! Not all of us are safe...

“I know, look I’m sorry” “Why would you think that?”. He asked. I shrugged. “Gotta give me something better than a shrug princess”. “I’m trying so hard not to let anyone, or anything ruin this, but it looks like I’m doing a grand job of it myself”. I was putting so much pressure on myself to make it perfect, but it didn’t have to be perfect and that’s what I had to remember. Jake and I were together and that’s all that mattered. He stretched his arm over and took my hand in his. “No one is going to ruin anything. Stop overthinking shit that doesn’t matter. It’s you and me”. He brushed his lips against my knuckles. “No one else matters”.

Amira beamed, feeling encouraged by his enthusiasm. John paused for a moment, his eyes growing serious. "But," he said, "I think the most important thing you can do is to make sure you take care of yourself. You've been through a lot, and you need to make sure you're taking time for yourself." Amira blinked, surprised by his words. She had been so focused on the shop that she hadn't even considered her own needs. "You're right," she said, a little stunned. "I've been so focused on getting the shop back on track that I haven't been taking care of myself."

That's all that matters, right now. (THE END)

Look where that left us. "Do you know something that life has taught me?" He arcs an eyebrow, urging me to speak. "It's that there is no distinctive right moment for certain things. If it's not going to kill you, do it as soon as you can. The more we drag issues, the more things get messy, and the more pain we will bring to the people who will get caught up in the web as the issue drags. So, Damian, whatever it is, get it over and done with asap."

But at the end of the day, what matters most is you know in yourself that you're just doing what makes you happy, you follow what your heart wants, and you're not harming anyone. He nodded and chose to be unbothered, too, like I was showing. Why do we even need to care about people who are not happy for us? They don't really matter. What only matters here is us together and the people that believe in us. We don't need people who are miserable because they see some being happy. "Hey, Trey and Camila, you're both cool, huh!" One of Trey's male friends from other departments cooly approached us and gave Trey a high five.

Sid tried to explain the lesson of life, to his daughter, who's acting was seeing through him. "What matters for us is, your own self, once you stop bothering about what people will say, how society is going to react... these are just our mind speaking. If we control our mind, we can win everything, everyone until, YOU PAMPER YOURSELF." He stressed on his last sentence.

“What they say and what they think is completely in sync. Probably more than anyone I’ve ever met.” “I don’t know how many times I have to explain this to you,” I said, trying not to sound condescending, and failing as usual, “but it doesn’t matter what they say or what they think, it only matters what they do. And you’ll only find out what that is after they do it.”

Axel asked. He was quiet for a long time before he sucked in a slow breath and released it. “There’s more to life than power. Than money. I should focus my time on things that are important, like family…relationships…peace. Going to a nice restaurant and enjoying myself. Finding a woman to be my wife and partner. To prioritize the things that matter. Up until this point, I’ve only prioritized the things that don’t matter…to my detriment and utter ruin. Won’t make the same mistake twice.”