It doesn't interest me
to know how much you make
or what your grades are
or what your parents do for a living.

What interests me is what gets that sparkle in your eye --

I want to know how you pick yourself up when you're down
and how you deal with heartache and despair.
I want to know how you deal with sadness, yours and mine.
I want to know what gets your fingers tapping and your blood boiling.
I want to know what you do when your back is against the ropes and all you can do is hope.

I don't care to know
all that you have missed out on,
but rather what will you do with all that you have now.

I want to know that you will not let the regrets overcome you,
and that you will appreciate all that you have
even if it wasn't what you had originally anticipated.

- Ashes (ABD)