Why do we care so much about things?! You can not take your material possessions with you when your time comes. It says in the Bible ‘from dust you come and to dust you shall return’.
I am as guilty as anyone of this. My music, my writings and journals and books are far too important to me. Yet when my appointed hour comes, I can no longer hang on to any of these things.
Why do we act as if we can take our possessions with us when we die? We try up till the last moment to retain some control of our most valuable possessions. We make wills.
The fact still remains we can’t take them with us. Wouldn’t it make more sense to invest in the things that really have more lasting effects? Wouldn’t it make more sense to invest time while you are on earth in relationships–your immediate family, your friends, your kids?
Once you are gone all people have are their memories of you, the love and care you have demonstrated toward them. You can have far reaching effects if you have invested time and love in others while you were on this earth. People you have loved have memories of you long after you are gone.
Far too many people do not invest time in others. They spend their whole life in accumulating things. No one remembers how hard you worked in your lifetime. They remember the love you have demonstrated toward them. So before it is too late, do something about it. Examine your priorities. You have one life.
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