Remember You Will Die Floral Design No. 1 | Orthodox Christian Art Poster

The human soul gathers qualities that coincide with its activity. As a mirror shows the image of the objects placed in front of it, so the soul becomes stamped with the impressions of its deeds and activities, of its surroundings. But while a lifeless mirror loses the reflected images when the objects are removed, the reasoning soul keeps these impressions. They can be wiped clean or removed by others, but this requires work and time. Those impressions that are stamped onto the soul at the hour of its death remain part of the soul forever, and a guarantee of either eternal blessedness or eternal suffering. 

+ St Ignatius Brianchaninov, The Field: Cultivating Salvation