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What is your legacy?
- Thread starter Bob
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Beach Runner
beats on hood
Great question. As I age, I fear that I have been so focused on my husband, daughter, and mother that I have not given back to the greater good as I should have. I am working on fixing that.
I do know by emails from my former students that I have been a positive influence in their lives. I have been teaching since I was 21, and I have received many thank-you notes from my students over the years.
But I would like to help people at a broader level. Like I said, I am working on fixing that, like volunteering for the American Heart Association.
I have a colleague who is about to adopt her 9th child from the former Soviet Union, many of whom have disabilities. She has one natural child. Like Mick Jagger, you'll never make a saint of me, and I don't feel compelled to save as many disabled orphans as I can. I guess that's selfish, but it would reduce the time I spend supporting my husband, daughter, and mother.
We all should consider what we can do for the greater good.
LuciferSam
Banned
Beach Runner
beats on hood
I strive to treat my college students as I would expect my daughter to be treated.
Bob
SoWal Insider
nice to see that again...next time will be the same as it ever was.
KISH7374
Beach Fanatic
I guess the best legacy I can leave is to my sons. How to act like a man, to own up to your faults, to treat elders with respect, to be kind to others and also to help others as you can without expecting anything in return. To my daughter, to treat her kids as she was treated and always be there for them.
Bob
SoWal Insider
true dat, but we are built for the struggle, and happiness comes in small doses to be savored.