A letter to the Lord
FROM : SONS IN THE HOUSE
The message is very profound.
Ready or not, some day it will all come to an end. There will be no more sunrises, no days, no hours or minutes.
All things you have 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 all expire.
The wins and the 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.
It won't matter whether you were beautiful or brilliant.
Our gender,skin color,ethnicity will be irrelevant.
So what will matter?
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 and sacrifice that enriched,empowered or encourage others to emulate your example.
What will matter is not your competence, but your character.
What will matter is 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...
It's a matter of choice.
