Live A Life That Matters
April 10, 2008
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 about what you learned as well as 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 felt good when
they were around you and how you served them.
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. - Michael Josephson
" If there is anything I would like to be remembered for it is that I
helped people understand that leadership is helping other people grow and
succeed. To repeat myself, leadership is not just about you. It’s about
them." - Jack Welch
Live A Life That Matters
April 11th, 2008 at 8:11 pm
ini… bisa sedikit membuat orang istirahat sejenak… lalu membuat orang kembali melangkah dengan alasan yang lebih kuat dan langkah yang lebih pasti
April 12th, 2008 at 7:45 pm
really inspiring…
in the end it’s not always all about ourselves, rite..
makasih Rich tulisannya =)
August 16th, 2008 at 2:16 pm