[Vision2020] "What Will Matter" by Michael Josephson

[deb]

Exactly! Thank you, Tom...we all need the reminder...
Debi R-S

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com>
To: "Moscow Vision 2020" <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2012 6:59 PM
Subject: [Vision2020] "What Will Matter" by Michael Josephson


> "What Will Matter"
> By Michael Josephson
>
> "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.
> Choose to live a life that matters."
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Seeya later, Moscow.
>
> Tom Hansen
> Post Falls, Idaho
>
> "If not us, who?
> If not now, when?"
>
> - Unknown
>
>
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