Member-only story
Festival Magic
Lessons on leaving a legacy
I’m getting old. I am at the point in life where I have begun to spend the time between 3 and 5 AM wondering about how I have impacted this beautiful world and the people who inhabit it.
Like too many women, I often wonder if I have been enough. Did I give enough? Did I nurture enough? Was a smart enough?
As life moves on and I find myself facing the frailty and unpredictability of the human body, I have begun to realize that one average life can, in fact, leave a meaningful legacy. Here is what I have come to believe.
Knowing that even one human being has been lifted up and inspired by their presence is a guarantee a person has met their obligation to the universe. For me, knowing that my own three children are now happy, loving, kind human beings shows me that I have achieved life’s goal. To see them loving and raising the next generation is further proof of the legacy that my husband and I will leave.
And not because I was lucky enough to have given birth to them and raised them! No. Because I loved them and respected them and held them up when they needed to be held up. Because I believed in them, modeled love for them, and always told them that they were my gift. Because I took the time and attention to pass on to them the many lessons that were passed to me by my…
