The Only 3 Ways to Leave A Legacy
<p>I<strong>always forget to remember my dreams.</strong> I mean — I’m sure I have them, but my mind blanks by the time I wake up.</p>
<p>On the rare occasion a thought-bubble slips through the sleep-wake barrier, it’s almost always about the same thing: <strong>I’m dead.</strong></p>
<p>I die in just about 100% of my dreams. In fact, I’m not sure what else people dream about. Even in daytime thought, my demise weighs on me — how to delay it, how to defeat it, how to defy it.</p>
<p>How could it not? Death is the only promise that’s also a guarantee. I know I’ll meet my end and you’ll meet yours. We’re here, then we’re gone — every human, animal, plant, organism, cell — up and vanished like the waves that dared to crash upon the shoreline.</p>
<p>Still, there’s hope.</p>
<h1>Immortality</h1>
<p>While it’s impossible to <em>actually </em>live forever, we can learn, make, experience, and share enough of ourselves to achieve the <em>illusion</em> of immortality. We can approach the asymptotic, even though we’ll never touch it.</p>
<p>Our mortality might be a prison, but that’s not the complete picture. It’s just half of the brokenhearted locket.</p>
<p>The outside world bestows the other half to you — family, friends, community, society. <em>That</em> half starts as infinite shattered shards, and can only be reassembled and rejoined with you by how you contribute to those who hold the pieces. Your <em>mission</em> is that half. Your <em>legacy</em> is that half.</p>
<p>Now, let’s talk about how <em>you</em> can leave a legacy, or — more appropriately — piece it together.</p>
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