Comment regarding “MATTER OF CONSEQUENCE”
According to Dictionary.com, consequence means importance or significance. Therefore, a matter of consequence means a matter of significance.
For grown-ups, consequence implies TIME and RESULTS. It is the inevitable outcome that most of us get from our “time-bound” and “results-oriented” mentality. Grown-ups are so obsessed with these two. We are in a business-oriented world where most people value their time more on work, focusing on productivity or profit or results. Most of us do this instead on other, more meaningful activities like playing with the children or taking a walk in the park with a loved one.