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A LIFE THAT
MATTERS
Author Unknown
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, mean spirit and jealousies
will 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.
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,
love 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.
So, live a life that matters. |