Choose a Life that matters

The wins and losses that once seemed so important will fade away

It won’t matter whether you were beautiful or brilliant

Even you gender and skin colour 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 learnt but what you taught

What will matter is the very 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 knew you

but how many will feel a lasting loss when you’re gone

What will matter is not your memories of those who loved you

What will matter is how long you will be remembered

by whom and for what

Living a life the matters doesn’t happen by accident

its not a matter of circumstance but of choice

Choose to live a life that matters