WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE

• WHAT WILL YOU REGRET? NOT SEEING? NOT SAYING? NOT GOING? NOT DOING? NOT DANCING? NOT SINGING? REGRET IS A WORD YOU ARE NOT GOING TO WANT TO UTTER. YOU SHOULD WORK TOWARD NOT MAKING IT RELEVANT IN YOUR LIFE. REGRET.
• AT THE END OF EACH DAY, DID YOU DO SOMETHING FOR SOMEONE ELSE. THE SMALLEST OF DEED WILL BRING YOU SATISFACTION. MOWING THE LAWN FOR AN OLDER NEIGHBOR. SITTING ON THE PORCH, TALKING TO A SHUT-IN. OR SOMEONE WHO JUST LOST THEIR SPOUSE. SMALL ACTS OF KINDNESS ADD UP.
• DON'T GET CAUGHT UP IN A WORLD VIEW THAT SEES ONLY MONEY. THERE IS NOTHING LESS HUMAN THAN A MILLIONAIRE OR BILLIONAIRE WHO WANTS MORE. WHEN IT'S ALL SAID AND DONE, MONEY WILL NOT BRING YOU HAPPINESS OR ETERNAL LIFE.  THE EARTH WILL RECLAIM YOU, REGARDLESS OF YOUR WEALTH. NO TUCKS, NO PLASTIC, NO CORVETTES, WILL CHANGE THE INEVITABLE.
• WHEN YOU ARE TAKING THAT LAST BREATHE, IT WILL NOT BE POLITICAL IDEOLOGY THAT YOU WORRY ABOUT. WHO YOU VOTED FOR IN THE LAST ELECTION. OR WHAT PARTICULAR RELIGION YOU BELONG TO. OR WHETHER YOU WERE A VETERAN OR AN ANTI-WAR ADVOCATE. OR MEAT EATER OR VEGETARIAN. OR EVEN WHAT RACE YOU BELONG TO. I'M GUESSING YOU WILL BE WONDERING WHAT PEOPLE WILL SAY ABOUT YOU WHEN YOU ARE GONE. WHAT WILL YOU BE REMEMBERED FOR? BEING A GOOD PERSON. A GOOD FRIEND. A GOOD SON OR DAUGHTER. A GOOD DAD OR MOM. A GOOD CITIZEN. A GOOD NEIGHBOR. YOUR LEGACY. YOUR IMMORTALITY WILL COME DOWN TO A MEMORY. I'M GUESSING YOU WILL BE WONDERING WHAT THAT WILL BE.