不管你有没有准备好，总有一天， 生命都会走到尽头。在那儿，没有阳光，没有白天，也没有时光的流逝。你毕生所追求的一切，不论你有多么宝贝，不论你有多么难以忘怀，总要变成别人的。
你的财富、名誉、权力都会付诸东流。你所拥有的或拥有你的人都变得不再重要了。
你的嫉妒、你的怨恨、你的沮丧、你的猜忌，最终将消失无踪。
同样地，你的希翼、你的雄心壮志，你的计划蓝图，你的备忘录也终将流逝。那些人世间的赢输也不再那么重要，一点点地褪去。
你来自何方，你家居何处，变得一点儿也不重要。
你的美丽、你的聪明，你的性格、肤色、种族都变得无关紧要。
那么，什么才是重要的呢？你的价值到底在何处？
重要的东西不是你所买来的，而是你努力创造的；重要的东西不是你所得到的，而是你所付出的。
重要的不是你的成功，而是你的价值。
重要的不是你所学到的，而是你所教给他人的。
重要的是你那些正直而富有同情心、勇敢而富有于牺牲精神的举动，激励、鼓舞了一批人以你为楷模。
重要的不是你的能力，而是你的性格。
重要的不是你认识多少人，而是有多少人会为你的离去而感到惋惜遗憾。
重要的不是你的记忆，而是你记忆中那些爱你的人。
重要的是你会被谁，为什么而记住多久。
人重于泰山，并不是而然而成。这不是外因，而是内在的抉择所致。
选择一个有价值的人生吧！
What Will Matter?
Ready or not, some day it will all come to an end. There will be no more sunrises, no days, no hours or minutes. All the things you collected, whether treasured or forgotten, will pass to someone else.
Your wealth, fame and temporal power will shrivel to irrelevant. 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 all expire. The wins and losses that once seemed so important will fade away.
It won’t matter where you came from, or on what side of the tracks you lived.
It won’t matter whether you were beautiful or brilliant. Your gender, skin color, ethnicity 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 and sacrifice that enriched, empowered or encouraged others to emulate your example.
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 of 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.
