The metric by which God will assess my life…

The metric by which God will assess my life isn’t dollars but the individual people who live I’ve touched.

— from The Air Traffic Controller (God)

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Third, knowing there is a Controller means you are accountable — and that, far from being a weight, is what finally gives your choices their meaning. The true measure He will use on your flight is not the size of your fortune but the actual human beings whose lives you touched along the way. You are not the highest authority in your own sky; and that single fact is what turns "flying in a godly way" from a slogan into the only sane way to fly. — The Air Traffic Controller (God)

It is almost never that. The metric by which I believe God measures a life is not dollars; it is the individual people whose lives you touched. The greatest use of a life is to spend it on something that will outlast the life itself — and the thing most likely to outlast you is not a thing at all. […] Tell the family story, and tell it often. It is the glue, and it gives the young the ground to stand on. Aim at a good name, not a big name. The metric is the people you touched, not the dollars you stacked. Hold the family together. A bundle of sticks; give and ask forgiveness; build empathy, not blame. — Legacy / The Logbook (Legacy/Epilogue)

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