The one thing you leave with....

In church last Sunday our priest had a really interesting sermon one that I have thought about and pondered on all week. He was talking about all the things in life people get confused over and how you only leave here with just ONE of them. Its your character. If you look around people try to "keep up" with thy neighbor so to speak kinda like being the Jone's. They accumulate all these material things such as houses, cars, rings, clothes, etc but at the end of the day all we leave this great big world with is our Character... so I thought to myself hummm that one word sums it up. As I thought about it off and on all week I went ahead and looked up the meaning thinking it may clarify ....
character - is an evaluation of a particular individuals moral qualities. The concept of character can imply a variety of attributes including the existence or lack of virtues such as integrity, courage, fortitude, honesty, and loyalty, or of good behaviors or habits.
Seems to me this may be one little word but encompasses a whole lot. It almost takes a lifetime to build and adhere to the one thing you take with you. So why is it most people never even put an ounce of energy into this one word and waste so much energy on being "the Jone's" or just ruining this one thing for themselves all together??