My Legacy - What Kind of Legacy Should You Leave?
Posted by juliabennet on August 8th, 2013
We live in a culture that feels the need to share every mundane detail about their life. "Eating dinner", "Got new shoes", these status updates tell us everything about what a person does but not why they matter. We are overloaded with irrelevant information. The tragedy is that while there is a lot of information about people, little of it tells us anything meaningful about them. Your legacy should be filled with life change memories, lessons learned and insightful pictures that tell people who you really are and why you matter.
If you want people to remember you a certain way, you have to take the time to preserve and share your legacy. You need to create a legacy profile that highlights important memories, values and lessons learned. By doing so, you are creating a meaningful place for people to connect with you, learn about you and remember you long after your gone.
Creating your legacy should be an ongoing experience. As you mature, experience life and learn, you should be update your legacy profile. Using pictures, journals and videos to create your legacy, will give people an in depth view of your life. Unlike the superficial social networks profiles, this is a special place where you are focused on documenting your memories. You are focused on leaving a piece of you & of your history.
Talk about the things that matter most to you like how you met your spouse, fell in love or decided on your career. Maybe it’s time to share some of those family secrets (like Mama’s pudding cake recipe). You decide what to share including what advice you’d give a younger you.
When all is said and done all we leave behind are our memories. Our stores of love & loss; success & failure are like water colors that fade with time. Some we wish would disappear and others we wish would live forever. Some of the greatest lessons learned in life come out of adversity so what you choose to remember and preserve from your life can be the stepping stones for others. If you decide to share your legacy, it can help your loved ones grow and be better people.
Hindsight is always 20/20. It is easy to look back and see the good and bad. It’s when we are going through adversity or faced with decisions that the obvious is not always clear. When you take time to share your experiences and lessons learned, you are helping someone else learn and grow from your experience. Your memories can make a difference in someone else life. That’s only if you choose to share your legacy.
It is said that the school of life can not be taught. But no one said that you can not try to share from what you have learned through different experiences. Leave a Legacy that is relevant, that matters and that will make a difference years from now. So choose the option to create My Legacy!
