![]() ![]() ![]() I suggest spending some time journaling and reflecting on the following questions: In order to create a powerful legacy with your life, you need to decide what contribution you want to make to the world. I hope that they inspire you to do the same and without needing the wake-up call that I received. The question we need to ask is whether or not were taking intentional actions to create the type of legacy that we want to create.Īfter much reflection, I came up with the following seven ideas for how I plan on building a powerful legacy with my life. The truth is that we create legacies with every single action that we take. Like my friend, I could die at any time.īut no matter how many or how few years I have left, I absolutely have the ability to positively impact the world and touch lives far into the future. ![]() Yet, up to this point in my life, I haven’t taken intentional actions that will create the type of legacy that I want.Īnd while I hope to live for at least another forty years, the date of my death is outside of my control. As a gift to future generations, I want to use my life to create a powerful legacy and to make a positive contribution to the world. ![]() Pam’s death was also a wake-up call for me. Months later, I’m still shocked that she’s no longer with us. It turns out that she had died three years ago from colon cancer at the still young age of forty-four.Įven though Pam and I lost touch a long time ago, learning about her death hit me hard. Imagine my shock when I found her obituary. But in those pre-Facebook days it was easy to lose touch with people, and Pam and I eventually drifted apart.Ĭurious about what my friend was up to, I typed her name into Google. Pam and I went to psychology graduate school together in the early nineties and stayed in touch for a few years after that. Recently I was searching for information online about a friend of mine who I lost touch with about a decade ago. You don’t have to live forever you just have to live.” ~Natalie Babbitt “Don’t be afraid of death be afraid of an unlived life. ![]()
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