There is a sci-fi show on (I was told this, so I cannot recall the name) where an all-powerful being, in an attempt to quell a uprising, kills off everyone the architect of said revolution has ever met, loved, touched. The reasoning is that they would be killing that person’s legacy and the memories other people have of them, and, after all is said and done, it would be like that person never existed. They were young, and the number of people that got “erased” was less than 2,000.

My wife went to a funeral yesterday for a guy she used to work with. Years in public education. Beloved by many. Died too early. His obit of accomplishments and such was two full 8.5×11 pages, single spaced and 12 point font. I never met him, but by all accounts, he was a real stand up dude.

He had a legacy, and it is not hyperbole to thing that the number of people in his life who he touched, affected, loved were in the five figures. People who notice that he’s gone and miss him. That is a mark of legacy, and leaving a great one.

What are you doing to leave a legacy? One in which you’re growing and building and will be missed when you finally go?