ssuba's Journal

WHAT WILL MATTER?

By Michael Josephson

READY OR NOT SOME DAY IT WILL ALL COME TO AND END. THERE

WILL BE NO MORE SUNRISES, NO MINUTES, HOURS OR DAYS. ALL

THE THINGS YOU COLLECTED WEATHER 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 TO YOUR HOPES, AMBITIONS, AND PLANS

AND TO DO LISTS WILL EXPIRE. THE WINS AND LOSSES THAT ONCE

SXEEMED SO IMPORTANT WILL FADE AWAY. 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 YOUR TAUGHT. WHAT WILL MATTER IS EVERY ACT OF

INTEGRITY, COMPASSION, COURAGE OR SACRIFICE THAT ENRICHED,

EMPOWERED OR ENCOURAGED OTHERS,

TO EMULATED YOUR EXAMPLE.

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 HOW LONG YOU WILL BE

REMEMBERED BY WHOM AND FOR WHAT.

LIVING A LIFE THAT MATTERS OF CIRCUMSTANCE BUT OF CHOICE

CHOOSE TO LIVE A LIFE THAT MATTERS.

 HAVE A WONDERFUL EVENING. lOOK FOR THE BEST IN YOUR LIFE EACH AND EVERY DAY. LOOK FOR THE POSTIVE AND OTHERS AROUND YOU. DON'T LOOK AT THE NEGATIVE TURN IT AROUND. LOVE YA" ALL

~~~~~~~SUZANNE