A LIFE THAT MATTERS : Ready or not, someday it will all come to the 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 very important will fade away. It wont matter where you came from or on what side of the tracks you lived. It wont 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. No 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 thaught. 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 are gone. What will matter is not your memories, but the momories that live in 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 does not happen by accident. Its not a matter of circunstances, but of choice. Choice to live a life that mattes.
Posted on: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 18:25:40 +0000