So What will Matter?

Ø       Ready or not, some day it will all come to an end.

Ø       There will be no more sunrises, no minutes, hours or days.

Ø       All the things you collected, whether treasured or forgotten, will pass to someone else.

Ø       Your wealth, fame and temporal power will shrivel to irrelevance.

Ø       Your grudges, resentments, frustrations, and jealousies will finally disappear.

Ø       So, too, your hopes, ambitions, plans, and to-do lists will expire.

Ø       The wins and losses that once seemed so important will fade away.

Ø       It won't matter where you came from, or on what side of the tracks you lived at the end.

Ø       It won't matter whether you were beautiful or brilliant.

Ø       Even your gender and skin colour will be irrelevant.

 

So what will matter? How will the value of your days be measured?

 

ü       What will matter is not what you bought, but what you built.

ü       What will matter is not what you got, but what you gave.

ü       What will matter is not your success, but your significance.

ü       What will matter is not what you learned, but what you taught.

ü       What will matter is every act of integrity, compassion, courage or sacrifice that enriched, empowered or encouraged others to emulate your example.

ü       What will matter is not your competence, but your character.

ü       What will matter is not how many people you knew, but how many will feel a lasting loss when you're gone.

ü       What will matter is not your memories, but the memories that live in those who loved you.

ü       What will matter is how long you will be remembered, by whom and for what.

ü       Living a life that matters doesn't happen by accident.

ü       It's not a matter of circumstance but of choice.

 

Choose to live a life that matters.