Live a Life That Matters!

Today was Daniel's birthday so we didn't have our alarms set up to wake us up. We actually slept in... until people starting calling to wish Daniel a happy birthday! Woke up to eggs and hash browns breakfast, opened presents and went for a long walk through a huge mall. This is a Mega Mall and its so big that you can actually get lost. We ended up going to Chilies after we got tired of looking for other restaurants. We initially wanted to see a show but nothing sounded exciting and couldn't convince Daniel to see La La land. I wonder why? 

Since we are not getting any younger,  I want to share a poem from my poem collection about life that I have always loved! If you have a favorite poem you would like to share, Please do!  I hope you like this one as much as I do and I hope it inspires you too – Enjoy!

 LIVE A LIFE THAT MATTERS

Ready or not, someday 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,

 It won’t matter whether you were beautiful or brilliant.

Even your gender and skin color 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

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 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, and for what.

Living a life that matters doesn’t happen by accident.

 It happens by choice!

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