To start, I need to define for myself what a legacy is. There is the proper definition of course, but that doesn't really give me a very practical list.
Things that I can leave behind that could constitute a "legacy":
1. Children
2. My work be it physical or intellectual
3. Memories
4. Affected lives
I want to have a positive effect in all of those areas. Let me look over each one.
1. Children: I have had three. So my impact on them will outlive me.
a. I want to teach them to love G-d, and to fulfill the gifts and purposes He has for them.
b. I want to teach them how to be productive and highly functional members of society.
c. I want to help them succeed in their lives even more than I have in mine.
2. My work:
a. Physically... yeah, that's not
really my thing. I can do hands on if I really need to, but no one is
going to remember me for anything I physically build. I have been part
of the creation of some cool projects though
so that kind of counts. No one is going to remember me for that though.
I'm a little cog in a very big machine and probably always will be.
b. Intellectually is a bit
different. I have ideas. I have dreams. I would like to have had an
impact on the world with my ideas. I have a few that could be valuable.
3. Memories: Well, memories are the easiest to make
and the most fleeting. I don't really care if I am remembered though. I
am not so special that I must be remembered.
4. Affected lives: This is the one that is probably
the second most important to me after kids. I want to do the same thing
for other people that I want to do for my kids. I want to help them
live the fullest lives they can. I want to help
equip them to embrace their G-d given dreams and purposes.
So wrapping that all up into something that is a little more put together:
My desired legacy is that a trail of people who have met their full potential with my help.
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