I’m involved in two funerals this week.
We say that you can’t take anything with you when you die – there are no U-Hauls behind the hearse. Most of us do want to leave something behind of ourselves. Something of lasting value. Something that will be remembered.
But can we?
Our earthly legacy is only as good as its promoters.
I remember one man telling me that eternal life for him was his children. What happens when they all die out – or are wiped out in a tragedy? What about the pyramids? One bomb could level that in seconds. How about great ideas that you patent or inventions you make? Archives can be lost and inventions bested.
In the end, true legacy must rest in eternity. A beacon that points to eternity, from your life, reaps reward.