·Bud
Tenney·
Ready
or
not，some
day
it
will
all
come
to
an
end.
There
will
be
no
more
sunrises，no
days，no
hours
or
minutes.
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
all
expire.
The
wins
and
losses
that
once
seemed
so
important
will
fade
away.
It
won’t
matter
where
you
came
from，or
on
what
side
of
the
tracks
you
lived.
It
won’t
matter
whether
you
were
beautiful
or
brilliant.
Your
gender，skin
color，ethnicity
will
be
irrelevant.
So
what
will
matter?
How
will
the
value
of
your
days
be
measured?
What