Tuesday, November 17, 2009

A Life that Matters

In time our wins and our losses,
our grudges, resentments, and jealousies
Do not matter quite as much.

In time the things we have collected
our wealth, our fame, and our power
Do not matter quite as much.

Our gender and our skin color
even our beauty and our brilliance
Do not matter quite as much.

What does matter is
not what we have bought,
But what we have built.

What matters is
Not what we have learned,
But what we have taught.

What matters is
Not our success,
But the success of those we have helped.

It is whether our integrity and compassion,
have encouraged others
To have integrity and compassion.

Our life is a matter of choice.
Each day each hour may we choose

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