“What about you, continues on after you’re gone?”
Yesterday, I was having a conversation with a friend’s Mom when this question came up.
I sat on one side of the room, as she sat at the other.
I asked, “What is it like to live without both of your parents? What do you choose to remember about them?”
She continued by sharing one memory after another.
She shared stories of what her parents were like during her childhood, as well as in the later chapters of her life.
Meanwhile, I sat there, in silence, thinking about my own experience.
“What about me would carry on after I am gone?”
What daily actions do I choose in my life in order to influence people around me?
Which of those actions will people choose to remember about me after I am gone?
The simple answer is: It’s complicated 😂
It would be fascinating to travel back from the dead and see the impact I had on others and what they remember about me.
The longer I thought about the initial question, the more I started to think of a series of questions within the question.
Why is it important for things to carry on after I am gone?
Why is it important to be remembered?
Why am I striving for a sense of legacy?
What about the current moment is simply not enough?
As you think about your own experience, “What about you would you like to have carried on after you’re gone? Why?”
