About a hundred years ago, a
man looked at the morning newspaper and to his surprise and horror, read his
name in the obituary column. The news papers had reported the death of the
wrong person by mistake.
His first response was
shock. Am I here or there? When he regained his composure, his second thought
was to find out what people had said about him. The obituary read,
"Dynamite King Dies, he was the merchant of death."
This man was the inventor of
dynamite and when he read the words "merchant of death," he asked
himself a question, "Is this how I am going to be remembered?" He got
in touch with his feelings and decided that this was not the way he wanted to
be remembered. From that day on, he started working toward peace. His name was
Alfred Nobel and he is remembered today by the great Nobel Prize.
Just as Alfred Nobel got in
touch with his feelings and redefined his values, we should step back and do
the same.
· What is your
legacy, or footprints you want to leave behind ?
· How would you like
to be remembered?
· Will you be spoken
well of?
· Will you be
remembered with love and respect?
· Will you be missed?
Picture resource: interment.net
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