Live A
Life That Matters
Ready
or not, someday it will all come to an end. There will be no more sunrises, no
minutes, hours or days. All the things you collected whether treasures or
baubles, will pass to someone else. Your wealth, fame and temporal power will
shrivel to irrelevance. It will not matter what you owned or what you were
owed. Your grudges, resentments, frustrations, and jealousies will finally
disappear. So, too, your hopes, ambitions, plans, and to-do lists will expire.
The
wins and losses that once seemed so important will fade away. It won’t matter
where you came from, or on what side of the tracks you lived, at the end. It
won’t matter whether you were beautiful or brilliant, even your gender and skin
color will be irrelevant.
So what
will matter? How will the value of your days be measured? What will matter is
not what you bought, but what you built; not what you got, but what you gave.
What will matter is not your success, but your significance. What will matter
is not what you learned, but what you taught. What will matter is every act of
integrity, compassion, or sacrifice that enriched, empowered or encouraged
others to emulate your example. What will matter is not your competence, but
your character. What will matter is not how many people you knew, but how many
people will feel a lasting loss, when you’re gone.
What
will matter is not your memories, but the memories that live in those who loved
you. What will matter is how long you will be remembered, by whom and for
what. Living a life that matters doesn’t happen by accident. It’s not a matter
of circumstances but of choice. When you receive something so beautiful as
this, you must not hesitate to share it with your friends.
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