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    “My philosophy of life is that if we make up our mind what we are going to make of our lives, then work hard toward that goal, we never lose – somehow we win out.” ~ Ronald Reagan

      “If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.” ~ Jim Rohn

      What Will Matter

        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 by what you build,

        not what you got but what you gave.

        What will matter is not your success but our 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 our memories but the memories of those who loved you.

        What will matter is how long you will be remembered, by whom and for what.

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

        It’s not a matter of circumstance but of choice.

        Choose to live a life that matters.

         

        ~ Michael Josephson

            “How do I define success? Let me tell you, money’s pretty nice. But having a lot of money does not automatically make you a successful person. What you want is money and meaning. You want your work to be meaningful, because meaning is what brings the real richness to your life.” ~ Oprah Winfrey

              “All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence; then success is sure.” ~ Mark Twain

                “There is only one success – to be able to spend your life in your own way.” ~ Christopher Morley

                  “The weak die out and the strong will survive, and will live on forever” ~ Anne Frank

                    “Where there’s hope, there’s life.  It fills us with fresh courage and makes us strong again.” ~ Anne Frank

                      “I don’t want to have lived in vain like most people. I want to be useful or bring enjoyment to all people, even those I’ve never met. I want to go on living even after my death!” ~ Anne Frank

                        “We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same.” ~ Anne Frank

                          “Write to be understood, speak to be hear, read to grow.” ~ Lawrence Clark Powell

                            “We need to regularly stop and take stock; to sit down and determine within ourselves which things are worth valuing and which things are not; which risks are worth the cost and which are not.  Even the most confusing or hurtful aspects of life can be made more tolerable by clear seeing and by choice.”  ~ Epictetus

                              “The biggest rewards in life are found outside your comfort zone.  Live with it.  Fear and risk are prerequisites if you want to enjoy a life of success and adventure.” ~ Jack Canfield

                                “You don’t want no pie in the sky when you die,  you want something here on the ground while you’re still around.” ~ Muhammad Ali

                                  “Unremarkable lives are marked by the fear of not looking capable when trying something new.”

                                  Epictetus, Art of Living

                                    “For believe me: the secret for harvesting from existence the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment is – to live dangerously.” ~ Friedrich Nietzsche

                                      “We need to see pain in the right light; we need to contextualize it and develop a proper attitude toward life, one of self-mastery, creation, and ultimately a kind of playfulness. Then, each individual failure, each accident will be redeemed within the greater context of a successful life, a life of one’s own making.” ~ Jacob Held

                                      Pain is a fact.

                                        Pain is a fact.

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                                        “We can’t escape pain; we can’t escape the essential nature of our lives. But we do have a choice. We can give in and relent, or we can fight, persevere, and crete a life worth living, a noble life. Pain is a fact; our evaluation of it is a choice.” ~ Jacob Held

                                          “We can’t change what life is, but we can change how we react to and interpret it.” ~ Jacob Held