I got home from work a bit early today, sent some emails and caught up with some friends on Facebook. Looking at an absolutely adorable picture of a high school friend’s son started me thinking about that time of my life, what was happening and not, and who was in my life at the time (I watched the entire series of ‘My So-Called Life’ last week, so that may be part the meander down that lane).

Now that most of the initial hubbub has died down with Facebook (ex’s friend-ing or not friending, reconnecting with long lost friends or intentionally lost friends…), I am finding that it is a great tool. It really helps me keep in touch.

My friends list is a mish-mash of people that I have known at some point in my life thus far: elementary school to today. (I choose to take a ‘hm, do I know this person in some way?’ approach to accepting ‘friends’.) Browsing through my home page, I see how busy and diverse these people’s lives are and it amazes me how many things my collective friend’s list has accomplished. Doctors, mothers and fathers, world travelers, adventurers, artists and musicians, students and successful professionals in every industry! It was overwhelming at first, and the urge to compare accomplishments surfaced more than a few times.

But today, looking at this ‘News Feed’, I am just struck by how huge life is. I have been trying to take note of the things that are SO…VERY…IMPORTANT and trigger me to over-react and loose my marbles a bit. What I have noticed is that it happens pretty frequently, if only in my head.

So a LOT of things are that important? Not so much.

The details about what seemed like the most important thing IN THE WORLD yesterday, last month, 15 years ago, are really rather fuzzy as I sit here today. It seems so obvious, but that really clicked for me.

New day realization: ask yourself: “Will I remember this in 15 years?” Let the rest fall away

….I remember exactly how cute Jordan Catalano was.