Live A Life That Matters

Live A Life That Matters.

Ready or not, someday 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 on what side of
the tracks you lived, 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.

Author Unknown.

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The name of the song is
" An Affair to Remember "