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 treasured or
forgotten, 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,
courage 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 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 circumstance but of
choice.
Choose to live a life that
matters.
Author Michael
Josephson E-Mail Me Home Page
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