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    Life that matters

    (My second attempt to fit this piece)


     


    Ready,  or not someday it will all come to an end.


    There will be no more sunrises,  no minutes,  no hours,  and no days.


    All the things you collected,  whether treasured or forgotton,  will all pass to someone else.


    Your wealth,  your fame,  and temperol powers,  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,  at the end.


    It won't matter if you were beautiful or brilliant,  even your gender or skin colour will be irrelevant.


     


    SO  WHAT  WILL  MATTER ?


    How wll 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 know,  but how many will feel a lasting loss when you're gone.


     


    What will matter is not your memories,  but the memories that lives 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 does'nt happen by accident,  its not a matter od circumstances,  but of choice.


     


    CHOOSE  A  LIFE  THAT  MATTERS....................


     

    +1  Views: 842 Answers: 3 Posted: 12 years ago
    ed shank

    Nicely put.
    Baldy Man

    Thank you..............

    3 Answers

    Ah well again! I think I've left a mark or two in my time here, proud of most of them, laughing at the rest of them,I'm sure I'll be remembered fondly by most, the others I don't give a s**t for.


    ""



    Baldy Man

    Well good for you Romos.............the future is all yours.............

    Life is what you make of it.


    ""

    dowsa

    YES I even sing in the "rain which is quite often in Scotland !!
    Dardaigh

    Nothing like a fine Scottish rain, Dowse. :)
    dowsa

    yes Dardaigh. its fine ! sometimes "heavy !! hee

    Then you better start soon ! What tablets are you on "Stop taking them you could go "Bald .Keep ranting on. Guy`s in white coats will take you away, to a new "home !!!! 

    Baldy Man

    You might like to hold my hand for support ?
    dowsa

    NA. To sane for that Colleen fixed me !!


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