WHAT WILL MATTER
-Michael Josephson
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
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 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 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.
Choose to live a life that matters.
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Best wishes,
Joe Vaz
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