Get Inspired by This Ethical Will Sample

Your Ethical Will can provide you with a wealth of examples of ethical wills from the past and the present. This ethical will sample can serve as yet another resource to draw on when you prepare an ethical will; it may give you ideas, inspire you, and stimulate your thinking.

"To my daughter,
Everything in my life changed dramatically when I moved to the country. I stopped hopping from one career to another, from one big city to the next. I stopped thinking about what other people considered to be success and focused more on what would make my life the most fulfilling one possible."

"And guess what? After a few years, I got settled in, I became extremely familiar with my town, the people in it, and the kinds of business opportunities there. I actually started to make more money than I ever did in a big city, and I could do it without traveling 75 miles away from my home."

"I always wanted the quiet comforts of a country life, but I feared to make the move for years, dreading the financial consequences. But my actual experience dispelled all of my worries."

"So this is my advice to you: whatever your dreams may be, however they might diverge from the conventional view of the successful path, pursue them! You will be surprised at how far they can take you - indeed, how much farther than those who never dare to seek what they actually want!
Your mother,
Charlotte"

This ethical will sample illustrates an approach that focuses on the defining moments in a person's life. For Charlotte, a key turning point was her move to the country; it dispelled prior illusions and gave her a major insight into the value of pursuing one's dreams, even when they are unconventional. Do you have a similar experience in your life? What defining moments shaped the way you see the world?

Your spiritual ethical will shall preserve for your loved ones wealth of your life: experiences and the lessons and ethical values you derived from them. Think about the various benefits your loved ones might get from reading the story of your life and the kind of ethical example your defining moments might set for them. Stories from your childhood, your education, your family, your career, or your travels can shed great light on your character and moral values.

So use this ethical will sample and others in the e-book to stimulate your own recollections of the defining moments in your life!