WHAT REALLY 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 some one 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 wonʼt 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 how hard you tried.
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 youre gone.
What will matter are 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 doesnt happen by accident.
It is not a matter of chance, but of choice.
CHOOSE TO LIVE A LIFE THAT MATTERS!
