the people around me are at the top of the list. family, friends, enemies, people in general are all at the top of the list.

Acceptance of self. For me, that means knowing myself (beyond the pop. psychology definition--I don't mean taking a million surveys, but really knowing what I am, what I want, what I need, and what my limitations are) and then really accepting who I am. Everything else in life can come and go, but you're stuck with yourself forever. Being self aware and accepting who you are makes for, I think, a much smoother trip through life. I think you can pick yourself up after just about anything if you understand what just happened to you, and are able to maintain your sense of self-respect.

People-- particularly family and my children. All the rest is just extra-- without people to love, life would be empty.

My integrity.
Without integrity a person cannot be complete.

Faith in God. Most of my life I had no faith in God, quite the opposite. When I was 29, an Episcopal priest was asked me if I believed in a God who loved me and cared about me, who would help me do what was right and avoid what was wrong, who would protect me from the destructive forces of evil. I told him "I have no such belief, there is no such God, if there is a god, he and I are on different sides". He then asked me this simple question "wouldn't you LIKE to believe in a God like I described?" I said yes of course, but I was sure I couldn't simply manufacture faith in that kind of a god out of thin air, if I didn't believe, well then I didn't believe. After ten more years of difficulty, at the age of 38, I ended up homeless, jobless and with no family, living on the street in the grip of a crack addiction. I had lost all hope and I ended up in a hospital after a suicide attempt. Back in a crack house a few days later, broke after smoking my few dollars worth of rock, I asked if anyone had a bible, and someone found a Gideon bible like you find in Motel rooms. I read a part that said God would always be with you from now on, forevermore, in your comings and your goings, in waking and in sleeping. A great peace came over me and from that moment on I have been able to say that although I don't understand it, I was given the gift of faith. I now have Faith that there is a God precisely like the one that Episcopalian priest told me about. During the year after my epiphany, a mighty struggle ensued and I emerged as a man with a home, a job (which I kept for 10 years), a family, and a faith in God that has kept me free from drugs for 11 years. There is nothing more precious to me than my faith in God.

Our modern society as a whole tends to lean towards valuing success, hard work, and money over all else. I did at one time, too, until a college class introduced me to a whole new way of living. In this class, I learned about a primitive culture in which time with family and leisure time were valued over hard work and subsequent personal gain. It was believed, in this culture, that a man was smart enough, bright enough, and quick enough to provide for his family AND have a lot of leisure time to spend with them was a better man than the one who worked, worked, worked to provide for his family, but never spent any time with them. This new concept showed me just how backwards we really are as a society. It's things like family, love, and time together that are the truly important things in life. Think about it this way...work is merely a way to make money and money is merely a tool with which to buy food, shelter, and other basic needs in order to survive. But, what you have to ask yourself is why are we trying to survive? To work more, make more money, and buy more shelter and food? Absolutely not! Those actions are merely tools to survive, but the reason for our life, our need to survive, is family, friends, love, relationships, and spending time with loved ones.

Our society is slowly beginning to wake up to this fact. A couple in New York, of all places, bought a house on one acre and has been able to grow all their own veggies, milk, and even honey. In fact, they have done so well at being partially self-sufficient, that they both only work part-time to provide for their family and do well, a lifestyle I hope will catch on with more people, as I believe love, family, and time together are more important than anything else in this world. If you did so, do you really think your epitaph might read, "I wish I had spent more time at the office?" No, it's more likely to read, "I wish I had worked less and spent more time with the family."

Honesty. I think that's the single most valuable asset. It's almost impossible to receive any honest answer or opinion about anything. Even people on this site will lie or bluff hoping to please the question asker and make an extra dollar. I think, if someone can be 100% honest, while maintaining regard and consideration for other people, then they are very valuable to this world.

I think world going to shift awareness were moving towards what,we should value not materialism.It should be spiritual family,love,health .I think we have evolve towards this because it was getting out control.People ego needed be busted.Now there eyes hopefully open why we need to have gratitude for what we do have.When so many people never imagine there life without material things.

Brevity.