A life worth Living

How do we have a life worth living? Most people would say you need money, a good career, the right house, the nicest car, and the family, complete with spouse and 2 and half kids. This is the American dream, but wait why is everyone so unhappy with this life style? I mean you have money, vacation homes, you go on vacation at least once or twice a year, you are dressed for success, but yet your life is empty. I will tell you why, one if you don;t know Jesus that is the first problem, but I am writing mainly to Christians here. Why do we need to fall into the worlds trap of success? Is it wrong to be successful, no but we need to balance it. So many families only see each other for a couple hours a day after work and school, and they might see each other on Saturday, but often dad works on the weekends and then you go to church but the kids go one direction the parents another. When God asks us at the end of our lives how we lived, He will not be looking at how much money we made, what kind of house we had or how much effort we put into our carrers. He will be looking at our hearts and what is most important to us. Did we spend quaility time with our familys, did we put more stock into helping those we worked with and were we concerned about their lives, or were we more concerned with getting ahead? It is not wrong to work hard and have money, but to have a life worth living we need to be more concerned with serving God and helping those in our path, not with living the standard American dream.