Nov 22, 2008 A Hundred Years From Now

A Hundred Years From Now

~Warren Parker~

It will not make much difference, friend,

A hundred years from now,
If you live in a stately mansion

Or a floating river scow.

If the clothes you wear were tailor-made,

Or just pieced together somehow,
If you eat big steaks, or beans, and cake,

A hundred years from now.

Won't matter what your bank account,

Or the make of car you drive;
For the grave will claim all your riches and fame,

And the things for which you strive.

There's a deadline that we all must meet,

No one will show up late;
It wont matter then, all the places you've been;

Each one will keep that date.

We will only have in eternity,

What we gave away on earth.
When we go to the grave, we can only save

The things of eternal worth.

What matter, friend, the earthly gain

For which some men will bow;
For your destiny will be sealed, you see,

A hundred years from now.

A man's greatest care should be for that place where he lives longest; therefore eternity should be his scope.  ~  Thomas Manton