I would like to end the year by sharing this poem by Micahel Josephson entitled WHAT WILL MATTER.
Ready or not, some day it will 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 dissappear.
See 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 live on at the end.
It won't matter wheter you were beautiful or brilliant.
Even your gener 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 borught 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 are gone.
What will matter is not your memories but the memories of 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 not happen by accident.
It is not a matter of circumstances but of choice.
Choose to live a life that matters.
And when it comes to a life that matters, I can't think of a better tribute than for it to be said:
This man or woman was a person of integrity.
but it all comes down to the choices we make. As someone aptly observed "If you have integrity, nothing else matters; if you don't have integrity, nothing else matters!"
The question I leave you to ponder is: How much does it matter to each and every one of you?
BLESSINGS AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!
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