This is Me and So are You

Live a Life That Matters

by Anonymous

Whether you are ready or not,

someday your life will come to an end.

There will be no more surprises,

no minutes, no hours nor 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 owed.

Your grudges, resentments, frustrations, and

jealousies will finally disappear.

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

The wins and loses 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 are beatiful 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 you learned, but what you taught.

What will matter is every act of integrity, compassion, courage,

or sacrifice tgar 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 are gone.

What will matter is not your memories,

but the memories that live in those who love 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 circumstances, but of choice.

Choose to live a life that matters.