Tom's thoughts on life's process

You're born..you are assigned papers to prove who you are and have an
identity...get id's and jewelry...you live and work..you accumulate
"stuff" like a mad pack rat to keep up with or get ahead of the other
pack rats...then you die...all your "stuff" gets sorted, donated, given
away, or otherwise disposed of...there are id cards and jewelry...that's
all that's left...oh, and some paperwork somewhere with your name on it
for the state to have record of your existence...amazingly simple
really...and sad...
Tom e-mailed this to me this morning. I know he is trying to sort through all of his feelings about his mom. This week has been rough. I'm tired from the roller coaster the last approximately 2 years has been like with Sue. I really pray she is at peace, now. We just don't know if she was a Christian or not. There are things that seem to indicate she was and I am resting in that. I pray she is with God now and all of the pain from her whole life is gone.
It is interesting how much of what Tom wrote is mirrored in the morality play "Everyman". Everyman talks with Goods and asks him to go with him to 'make an account'. Goods replies that he cannot, that he belongs to no man. He goes on to talk about how when one person dies, goods simply go to another person. All of our 'things' are simply on loan. We try so hard to accumulate things that validate our worth; yet, God wants us to lay up our treasures in heaven. When our time has come, the only thing we do take with us are the things we have done in this life.
It is really food for thought. What am I doing for God in this life? Am I storing up treasures in heaven or stockpiling junk in this world?