You only take with you what you gave
"Remember that you are dust" is not a threat: it is a compass.
On Ash Wednesday a cross is drawn on your forehead with these words: "remember that you are dust." It sounds harsh, but it is not to depress you. It is to order you: to remember that one day you will leave, and that not everything you chase will go with you.
Because in the end you do not take your bank balance or applause. You take what you did out of love: for God and for others. The rest stays here. Seeing this clearly changes where you spend your time and energy today.
It is not living in dread of death; it is living without deceiving yourself. When you know what stays and what goes, you stop clinging to what does not endure and start investing your life in what does.
Key idea
In the end you only take what you did out of love; the rest stays here.
Your challenge for this idea
Look at where your energy goes today and dedicate a portion to something you would take with you: loving someone, helping, praying.
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