Therefore, your only responsibility, having been given the gift of time and having been given the gift of existence, is to use all your gifts to their maximum and best use at all times. As the major stockholder of Stewart Enterprises Inc., the third-largest provider of death care services in the world, Stewart is chairman of an organization that owns and operates almost 700 funeral homes and cemeteries in 28 states of North America and in South America, Europe and the Pacific Rim. The business has been good to Frank Stewart, but it means much more to Stewart than just business.
Significance takes on different meanings to different people.
It doesn't necessarily mean wealth, power or importance. To me, it means just to have had meaning . When I came to learn this, we applied it in a lot of different ways. Our job is to serve people in fulfilling their desires. That is not just a coincidence.