Legacy
Revisited
This
picture hit me between the eyes just now, for I haven’t always be a shining
example of goodness and encouragement to everyone I meet.
Yet
it is true. Every person we touch becomes
a part of our legacy. The things we say
in off-handed ways, the smile or lack thereof, the effort to help, encourage,
add value – it all lives on after we’ve gone home.
You
know how you often reflect on an exchange with someone in the course of doing
business or doing life. I do. Just today I had a customer who was less than
gracious simply because I wanted to confirm some information on my screen and
make sure I was doing the proper transaction for the proper customer. She was, to say the least, snarky.
See? I remembered her.
It
happens in every moment of our day. We
leave an essence of who we are. And
others remember. They remember how we
went out of our way to benefit them.
They remember if we used their name properly. They remember if we were friendly, or spoke
with a pleasing quality, or with harshness.
And
we thought our legacy was some award, some sterling act, some heroic moment
when we were the star ace.
This is
my
morning
reflection.
P Michael Biggs
Words of Hope
Encouragement
Inspiration
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