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Columnist David Brooks has written in the past on the difference between resume virtues and eulogy virtues. Resume virtues are the jobs and career accomplishments you’ve held in your lifetime.
Eulogy virtues, however, are your character traits. Brooks concluded that eulogy virtues have longer term value than resume virtues. This became clearer to me at a recent funeral I attended.
My friend Frank had an impressive resume, but his eulogy virtues were even more prominent at his funeral. Frank’s love for others, his amazing generosity, and how he invested in men’s lives were the qualities constantly spotlighted.
Colossians 3:12 teaches, “Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.”
What steps might you take to increase your eulogy virtues today?
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