In memoriam

At the end of the day, when you take your final breath, it is said that your entire life flashes before your eyes. And when you look back on your life's experiences, disappointments, accolades, and your spirit wanders among your family and friends, what would you like to hear about how people will remember you?

I'm not being morbid here because we will all meet that day eventually. It is a definite date and is something we cannot avoid. At best we can delay it for some time but that too becomes meaningless.

In my limited experience, I've had my share of losing loved ones to time and disease. It is never easy and the memories of good times erase away the bad ones.

I hope that the memories that we all leave behind are good ones, that people remember us for something that we have contributed positively in a small or big way.

So back to my question, how would you like to be remembered or when people talk about a certain topic, you are fondly remembered.

A ferocious fighter? As someone who only knows how to destroy? How about someone who was talented in a certain subject like cooking, music, architecture, something creative?

When we talk about fighters, boxers, in their prime or past their prime, there almost exists this contradiction, as if we were talking about two different people. That strikes me as kind of odd and almost rude. The person, in or past their prime is still the same person.

When we talk about talented, creative people, we also talk about what period of their lives were considered the pinnacle or what specific work marked the highlight of their careers, but it is recognized that they are or were very much part of that creative, positive force.

It is different when we remember things about people who gave, creative, talented in managing or dealing with people. Entertainers, actors, musicians, philanthropists, or creative people are usually viewed in a different light than those within a very niche social circle light athletes and fighters.

So, at the end of the day, your feeling which dictate your thoughts, in turn inspires action and the memories that are created by your actions becomes the fabric that people will collectively weave in your memory.

How would you like to be remembered?