Thought for the Day 1/8/2021

 

Friday Tale - Choose a Life that Matters  * Some day the things we have collected, our wealth, our fame, our power - Will not matter. * Some day what we owe or what we are owed - Will not matter. * Some day our wins, our losses, and our to-do lists - Will not matter. * Our grudges and our resentments our frustrations and our jealousies - Will not matter. * Whether we are beautiful or brilliant, our gender and our skin color - Will not matter.   **** So what will matter? * What will matter - Is not what we have, but what we gave. * What will matter - Is not what we bought, but what we built. * What will matter - Is not what we learned, but what we taught. * What will matter - Is not our competence, but our character. * What will matter - Is not our success, but the success of those we helped. * What will matter - Is our integrity and our compassion, that encouraged and enabled others to have integrity and to be compassionate.   Living a life that matters doesn't happen by accident. It's not a matter of circumstance. It's a matter of choice. May we choose - each day - to live a Life that Matters. ~ Michael Josephson   Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, for I wait for You. ~ Psalm 25:21