Death ~ the destruction or permanent end to something.
This is a hard look at the reality of what happens after we die. The belief is that we will be remembered long after we are gone, but the sobering truth is, “for you are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.” ~ James 4:14
This blog post was inspired by a TikTok that haunted me for days. The reason it haunted me was because it is so very accurate. The astonishing truth is we care way too much about what others think about us, but in reality, we are forgotten before we are noticed.
The paragraph below is a paraphrase of the video from social media~
“Do you know what happens after your funeral? The crying will begin to stop within a few short hours and your family will begin to make arrangements to feed the attendees. Your family and friends will be discussing current affairs as they eat all of the favorite foods provided. Some people will not even attend your funeral due to a previous commitment. The arguments will start due to some family members contributing more to your funeral arrangements than others. Eventually, the crowd of mourners will go their separate ways, and every once in a while, your cell phone will ring from people who did not even realize you have passed. In a few days your friends and family will go back to work and begin to return to normalcy. Your place of employment will look for your replacement. The world will have new elections, new scandals, and the traffic on the roads in your town will still be the same. The NFL will continue to play their scheduled games. The favorite shows on Netflix will still be consumed without you. The first anniversary of your passing will not go unnoticed, but you will be forgotten at an astonishingly fast pace. Everyone will go back to normal life and in the blink of an eye, years will have gone by, and there will be very few people who remember you.”
If people will forget you so easily, then who are you living your life for?
Spending your whole life worrying about how people think about you is exhausting, when in reality you are barely given a second thought.
The moral of the story – try to make the best impact on your loved ones that you can. The idea is to love intensely, laugh until your sides hurt, honor Jesus in all you do, eat the food, dance the dance, and stop worrying about what others think of you while doing it.
Leave a Legacy
1~ Represent Jesus in all you do
2~ Be generous with your time
3~ Document family stories and create a family tree
4~ Have gratitude in everything
5~ Express your love to everyone in your life and do it often
6~ Be present in all you do
Legacy. What is legacy? It is planting a seed in a garden you will never get to see.
This is not to disregard the grief felt when a loved one passes. The grief and loss are overwhelming at times, but this is to say that we need to be intentional about how we interact with loved ones every day. Life is fleeting an
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