Concentrate On Essentials

Be kind, truthful, and honest. Discipline your thoughts and actions. Concentrate on essentials and disregard nonessentials. Think about what is most important to you and focus your attention on those matters.
~Roy Eugene Davis

Personally I find that just paying attention to my choices as I make them helps me usually do a decent job of being kind, truthful, and honest. My daily meditation practice has made me more aware of my thoughts and actions. The real challenge for me is concentration on essentials. Outdated habits and desires can masquerade as essentials especially when I am tired. For me the question is what do I want to really accomplish in the rest of my life and what habits that don't serve this goal am I willing to drop? Radical honesty seems to be the only guide.