Important

This afternoon, out of the blue, I vaguely remembered a quote by Brad Pitt in one of his sci-fi films where he was an astronaut. But I forgot the exact words.

So I googled: brad pitt quote film astronaut. 

The results showed up and reminded me that the film title was Ad Astra. 

And this was the quote:

"I am focused only on the essential, to the exclusion of all else. 

I will make only pragmatic decisions. 

I will not allow myself to be distracted. 

I will not allow my mind to linger on that which is unimportant."

He said those words every single time he was about to get on a rocket plane. 

Such intense message, right? I was mesmerized. I had this kind of a paradox feeling upon reading it. It sounds sceptical yet encouraging at the same time.

But then after reading it many times over, a question struck me: what is important? 

Living right here, right now? Living a slow simple life? Living life for a bigger, greater purpose than just clinging to an ephemeral state? 

I'm not completely sure. 

I think I'll pass the question to my future self. Maybe she'll have the answer later wkwk.