To understand what is truly Important, you have to strip everything away. You have to get past the prick that cut you off, the overtime loss in the playoffs, the DMV Nazis, and the painfully slow internet connection. You have to set aside the brand of toothpaste you stand by, the nights of outstanding sex, the new office furniture at work, and the favorite shirt in your closet. You have to ignore the city doing street maintenance at 7 am, the frustration of being stuck with the bar tab, the funky hair days, and the long lines at Safeway. You have to take away the satisfaction of teaching your dog to high-five, the feeling of being nice and sauced, the finishing of a book, and the $20 instant-winner lottery ticket. You have to relinquish the fantasies, the stresses, the cheering, the arguments, the dancing, and the crying. You have to downplay the graduations, the divorces, the weddings, the illnesses, the promotions, and the funerals. You even have to shut out the career, the family, the children, the possessions, the friends, and the love.

Then, when you have almost nothing, you'll be able to see it. You'll be able to see the one single thing that in the end is above everything else. And that thing is yourself. When you have nothing else at all, you will still have you. And that isn't sad at all. Instead, it's a comfort and it's a strength. Simply, you are The King.