There is a good story from years ago about a top executive with a telegraph company who went on a trip. It was extremely cold outside when he arrived at the bus station, so he went into a local telegraph station hoping to get warmed up. When he got inside, however, it was cold. He noticed there was no fire in the fireplace. He said to the young telegraph operator, "Why don't you build a fire in this place and warm it up?"

The young man said, "Listen mister, I'm too busy sending telegrams to build fires."

The man then told this boy that he was the vice-president of the company and that he wanted him to send a telegram to the home office at once. The message was, "Fire this man immediately." The young telegraph operator got the message. A moment later, he brought a load of wood into the office and began to build a fire. The executive asked, "Young man, have you sent that telegram yet?"

The young telegraph operator said, "Listen mister, I'm too busy building fires to send telegrams."

The point is that somewhere in life we have to set priorities. We have to decide what really matters and make certain that the really important things are done.