Matter

Good Morning,

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, so today choose to live a life
that matters.

Have a great one and remember how much you can mean to someone today.

Peace and Love, Jim