Happy Soul Food Friday!
This week:
WHAT WILL MATTER by Michael Josephson
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 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.
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Love Is All You Need-
What The World Needs Now:
Thanks Burt and Dionne…
Dionne Warwick – What The World Needs Now (1966) – YouTube
I Say a Little Prayer for You Burt-
Burt Bacharach, prolific composer of pop hits, dies at 94
“I Say a Little Prayer,” “Do You Know the Way to San Jose,” “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head,” were among dozens of his chart-summiting songs.
Burt Bacharach, prolific composer of pop hits, dies at 94 – The Washington Post
If It’s a Skill, You Can Develop It-
How To Become More Empathetic—Because, Yes, Empathy Is a Quality You Can Grow
Empaths aren’t the only ones with the capacity to see the world from others’ perspectives.
How To Become More Empathetic (Yes, It’s a Skill) | Well+Good (wellandgood.com)
Karma is Real-
Five-year-old who emptied piggybank to donate to charity wins $48 million lottery 13 years later
Juliette won with the first ticket she’d ever bought
The Secret to a Happy Life-
An 85-year Harvard study found the No. 1 thing that makes us happy in life: It helps us ‘live longer’
In 1938, Harvard researchers embarked on a decades-long study to find out: What is the secret to a happy life? Contrary to what think, it’s not career achievement, money, exercise, or a healthy diet.
Use It or Lose It-
How exercise can help you build resilience at any age
Stressing our bodies through exercise can make us more resilient to a variety of stressors.
How exercise can help you build resilience at any age – The Washington Post
Go Nutty!
Woodpeckers went nuts, stashing 700 pounds of acorns in the wall of a California home
Exterminator Nick Castro found the massive stash of acorns after being called to a home with a worm problem. “Bird was a bit of a hoarder,” he joked on social media.
Woodpeckers stashed 700 pounds of acorns in the wall of a California home : NPR
Thanks this week go to Luisa C for the poem, & Lovers of Life Everywhere.
Happy Birthday Barb and Aysha!
Love,
Neville
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–Dr. David Hawkins
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