Thanks for sharing this beautiful and meaningful set of insights.

Much of my own perspective is colored by working as the "curator" owner of two art galleries, once for almost 15 years, more recently still young, at a year old.

The task of the curator is to seek out the best, most moving, most appropriate for a given show; or simply to be part of what "represents" the gallery's overall image. Now, that's not a claim to expertise... merely to choosing a certain quality from quantity... at times, we are offered more art for sale in a week than we could hope to sell in a month.

To get back to your post, we are-- in essence-- the "curators" of our lives. Whereas society may pressure us to always seek "more" (quantity), that tends to just create an accumulation, not an actual collection that is meaningful to us.

Of course, things change. Life is not static. We, as people, are not static... what "mattered" when we were 20 does not matter when we are 50. Or maybe some of it matters... but mostly, with experience (not just "age") comes what you experienced in Bali: feeling a certain "liberation" from burning certain "anchors" that keep us tied to the past.

I've always preferred "quality," even as a youth. For all his other dubious qualities, my father taught me that "if you have a choice between several mediocre options and ONE perfect option, always choose the best quality. You'll never go wrong."

He was right.

Excellent post, thank you!