In Search of The Most Important Thing To Do Right Now

It's becoming interesting to me that there are so many ways to describe something so indefinite as The Most Important Thing To Do Right Now.

Place - Is it Here, or There? If it is in a Place away from where we are Right Now, then we remove the Doing of the Thing until some time later than Right Now because it will take some time to move to the place. So, most likely, the Most Important Thing will be Doable right where we are at the moment. Breathe. Smile. Repeat.

Action - When we talk of "... to Do right now." and the attention gets around to the Do-ing, we might think that there must be some physical action involved, such as speaking, or typing on a keyboard, etc. However, there could be no physical activity whatsoever, as in meditation, visualization, affirmations, etc. Additionally, it could be the Not Doing that would be Most Important, for example: not eating that pastry would be Most Important Right Now. Possibly the better way to look at the tempting pastry example: instead of Not Doing, think of the positive, Action of turning away from the pastry while visualizing a healthier self. Everything that exists in our lives is the result of some Action by ourselves or some other person. We have created our lives to be the way they are right now because of our Actions (or lack of Action). If we want to change the conditions of our life, then it will require Action.

Creative - The Most Important Thing would more likely be Creative rather than Destructive. If we were forced to be destructive in self defense, of course that would rise to the level of Most Important. Creative does not mean Innovative, it simply means that some physical change is made in the Universe because of the thing that we Do Right Now.

The Hierarchy of Actions - It it possible that some Actions are More Important than others, because of some inherent nature of the Action itself? If the more common types of actions were listed (typing, handshake, speaking, writing, signing your name on an agreement), it can be seen that the same Action (signing your name) could be either Trivial or Most Important, depending on whether it was signing a UPS receipt or the contract for buying a new home. So it is the Intent of the Action and not the Action itself that makes a thing Important. However, some Actions communicate messages on their own. For example, a smile communicates more than typing on a keyboard, at that moment, but the typing may Creating something with far greater lasting Importance than the smile. And, of course, the example could be reversed where the smile were the more Important action, such as to signal the acceptance of a proposal, and the typing were simply to forward some junk email. A single keystroke in the moment of Now may seem trivial, but if it is part of an apology to a friend, it may be as Important as the keystone in the arch of a cathedral. We have heard so many times that "it's the thought that counts". But only if it results in some Action that Creates some Good. We are always capable of some Action, and even the simplest of Actions has the potential for some great Good. Smile. Breathe. Repeat. And move on to The Most Important Thing To Do Right Now.