Thirty years from now, it won’t matter what they thought of you. It won’t matter what things you owned and accumulated, what worries you kept in your pocket.
What will matter are the lessons you learned and how you lived those lessons through.
What will matter are the lives you strived to make better, whether four-legged or two.
What will matter are the relationships you nurtured, and the time you spent trying something new.
What will matter are the fears you conquered and the calling in your heart that you heeded, because that calling makes you you.
What will matter is the knowledge you sought and the wisdom you shared with those younger than you.
Every day, rise with grace, gratitude, and purpose, breathe…
and remember the things that truly matter.
Mad Girl Writing 
This is beautiful and something that hits pretty close to home. You voiced this topic very artistically.
Thank you very much, Emily.