WHAT WILL MATTER……. May be you have read this piece from me before but do you actually remember what matters and what does not? Ready or not, some day 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 what side of the tracks you lived on at the end. It won’t matter whether you were beautiful or brilliant. Even your gender and skin colour will be irrelevant. SO WHAT WILL MATTER? How will the value of your days be measured? What will matter is not what you brought, 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 fell a lasting loss when you are 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 Thoedore Roosevelt says: “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are”! If you are wise, you will therefore forget your rights and remember your responsibilities; Forget your inconveniencies, but remember your blessings; Forget your own accomplishments but remember your debts to others; Forget your privileges but remember your obligations! SING IT LOUD AND CLEAR THAT…….IT IS VERY WELL WITH YOU!
Posted on: Tue, 16 Sep 2014 14:39:29 +0000