Priorities

Priorities can be tangible or intangible.   The Latin word for tangible is "to touch."  Something tangible has physical substance and is real and concrete.  Whereas intangible means immaterial, elusive, and more spiritual in nature.  It's meaning can be grasped, but it cannot be embraced or perceived by our five senses.  The intangible are more abstract and relate to our thoughts, emotions, feelings, characteristics, and values.  The things that cannot be taken away, only given, or as a result of being.  If you are materialistic you have proof that something exists and can be possessed, but by their very nature, they can be lost or taken away.  Happiness is an example of something intangible.  If someone says they are happy, the feeling that they have can only be taken on faith to be true by someone else's sixth sense. A new car, however, can be seen, touched, and heard.  What you have as priorities are those things that come before anything else. Your priorities are the things you think are most important and what you think about, strive for, and act in alignment with. If you are interested in having "things" you will obtain them first.  On the other hand, if it means the most to you to be a good human being, you will become kind, generous, and humble to name a few intangible qualities.  Granted, it is important to have food, clothes, and shelter, and to be comfortable on earth, but if you want to leave something of significance to the world you will not be interested in possessing a lot of material and tangible things.