[Mb-hair] FW: What will matter

[richard haase]

beautiful piece mr josephson
a bit of a quaalude
but exquisitely written
youre a fine writer
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From: "Sharmagne Leland-St.John" <sharmagne at msn.com>
To: <mb-hair at islandlists.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 1:19 AM
Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] FW: What will matter


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> >From: Jonathon Johnson <goodhairdays at yahoo.com>
> >Reply-To: mb-hair at islandlists.com
> >To: mb-hair at islandlists.com
> >Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] FW: What will matter
> >Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 18:46:03 -0800 (PST)
> >
> >Super....thanks for sharing Linda and Michael
> >
> >Love ~ Jonathon
> >
> >Michael Butler <michael at michaelbutler.com> wrote:
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> >From: Reeeees at aol.com
> >Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 19:28:30 EST
> >To: michael at michaelbutler.com
> >Subject: What will matter
> >
> >
> >WHAT WILL MATTER
> >By Michael Josephson (c) 2003
> >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 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, 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
> >
> >
> >
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