What matters most...

I just watched the movie "In Good Company." I could say that it follows the Hollywood formula : the good eventually succeeds at the end, the good things in life are relationships, family, character, and love for your work. Yup! It's the standard feel good movie. But then, it makes me wonder how come so many people still miss out on this. Many still take for granted relationships and their family. Many people do not really love their work ... it's just a way to sustain their needs and wants. Character? What's character to the world which seemed to have lost it's contact with the true good things in life? In the end, one of the main characters (played by Topher Grace - what a different but nice screen name!) finally realized that what he has done for the last few years was not what he wanted. He turned his back on the fast and crazy corporate world and decided that he might pursue a career in teaching. The last scene shows him jogging along the seashore, enjoying the scenery... a deep contrast to a forestry scene on the tv while jogging on a treadmill. Good for him! He realized at 26 (or maybe 27) what he wants out of life. How I wish that many of us will realize this early on... and not miss out on so many good things in life... not exchanging them for things that seems worth reaching for, but not true...