Motivation Mondays: LEGACY #mondaymotivation
“My mother always told me that as you go through life, no matter what you do or how you do it, you leave a little footprint, and that’s your legacy.” Jan Brewer
Motivation Mondays: LEGACY #mondaymotivation
Motivation Mondays: LEGACY #mondaymotivation
Apart from values and ethics which I have tried to live by, the legacy I would like to leave behind is a very simple one – that I have always stood up for what I consider to be the right thing, and I have tried to be as fair and equitable as I could be. Ratan Tata
A friend of mine said something powerful at his grandfather’s funeral. He said that the greatest lesson from his grandfather’s life was that he died empty, because he accomplished everything he wanted, with no regrets. I think that, that along with leaving a legacy, would be the greatest sign of success. Marvin Sapp
What does the word LEGACY mean to you? We go through life creating, reacting, and pondering what this all means. We build our families and connections and try to teach them our philosophy of life. We also make plans to leave them a legacy that can be used for generations. Are they tangibles or principles? Come back later for my take. In the interim, read the story below. It is very long and in three parts.
A Long Story: The Maze of Life Part I, II, III
One morning, a young man came to the Master saying, “Master, I wish to understand my path on earth better. I wish to know why I seem to carry my past and relive it again and again. Why is it that I cannot get past my past?”
The Master smiled at the young man who seemed to be earnestness itself. “Go forward into the Maze in the garden. But carry this backpack as you walk the maze. It will help you stay focused and balanced. Be careful, as it is quite heavy, though,” the Master said.
The young man took the backpack from the Master, who handed it over quite easily. But when the young man had it firmly in his grasp, he was astonished at how heavy it really was! Placing the shoulder straps over his arms and bending over from the sheer weight of the pack, he strode towards the Maze. He was surprised to see it was not a garden maze, but was built of nearly translucent silk panels.
The young man paused before entering the maze, then stepped inside. Immediately he found himself facing a solid wall of silk. However, he could see just enough through the silk to other areas of the maze to make out others there at the same time. He could “see” them and hear them, but they were not part of his path. The weight upon his shoulders reminded him of why he was there, so he put the thoughts of the others out of his head. Walking forward, he found himself hopelessly trapped. It seemed that no matter which direction he walked, there was no way to proceed forward. Baffled, the young man sat down and pondered his situation.
‘The Master told me to walk the maze, but it seems unwalkable. Yet, there are others here who are obviously ahead of me. They must have found a way through this section. How did they do that? Are they smarter than I am? Did they cheat? Did they crawl under the silk, as that would be a really simple matter, and who would ever know?’ The young man weighed his options and then rose, deciding not to sneak under the silk. As he stood and turned, an opening appeared before him as though by magic, and he moved forward.
Soon, he faced another series of solid silk panels and could see no opening or direction to walk other than the one he had come from. Again, he sat down and thought of his situation. He had gotten through the first test, he felt, by reflecting upon his options and then choosing the one that was for his highest good. Stating again his affirmation that he would desire to walk the maze only with positive intent, he stood ready to face his opening. But none was there. He still faced a blank series of panels.
The young man was baffled. He had felt that surely he would be rewarded as before for his desire to proceed only within his highest good. The weight of his backpack cut into his shoulders, bringing him sharply back to reality. What was it that weighed so much? What had the Master placed in it to weigh it down? Rocks? Bricks? It did not feel hard and unforgiving like those items; it felt soft yet heavy. Part II below. (Zen Stories via Read.Goodweb)
“I believe our legacy will be defined by the accomplishments and fearless nature by which our daughters and sons take on the global challenges we face. I also wonder if perhaps the most lasting expression of one’s humility lies in our ability to foster and mentor our children.” Naveen Jain
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Motivation Mondays: LEGACY #mondaymotivation
A Long Story: The Maze of Life Part II
What could be soft and yielding yet heavy enough to weigh him down like this?
Pulling the backpack off of his shoulders, he opened it and peeked inside. ‘The Master did not tell him not to look,’ he reasoned. It was EMPTY! Yet it had weight! ‘How could this be? ‘ he wondered. Picking it back up, he felt how heavy it was again, yet it was empty!
Again he glanced inside and this time felt with his hands. Empty! But the weight!!! Placing it upon his shoulders, he stood. He asked himself what he had just learned from this experience. He heard a voice clearly say, ‘Look inside of you, young man, for the weight lies there,’ he was told.
As he walked, he looked at his life and his path. He thought of his childhood and the friends and enemies who had harmed him. He thought of how stuck he had been by their feelings about him, their attitudes towards him. He remembered how angry he was with one particular boy who had taunted him unmercifully. The young man still hated this boy. The pack became even heavier as the student re-created and relived the experience within his mind and heart.
‘Ahhhh. I understand now. I carry the weight of that which burdens me. I am the weight! I therefore have it within me to unburden myself as well.’ The student was joyous at this insight, then saw and walked through a series of silk panels. He thought of how he could unburden the weight of those he still despised and resented for their treatment of him.
He knew that they were not there with him in the maze, so he could not expect them to say, ‘I am sorry’ and thus lessen the weight and allow him to go forward easily. ‘I forgive you, wherever you are,’ he found himself saying to his own amazement. The weight of the pack lessened immediately, and he could walk without bending forward at the waist.
‘Ah ha!’ the young one exclaimed. ‘Through my intent to forgive, I unburden myself of this weight which hinders my journey. But how can this be? For they were the ones who wronged me. Yet my forgiving of them unweights me?’ The young one’s head swam with the implications. And another series of openings appeared before him in the panels of silk. His pack was considerably lighter, but still heavy enough to keep his mind focused on it.
‘Oh, Great Spirit, I ask you to help me see what it is that you are showing me here. How do I make my way through this maze? How do I release myself of the full weight that I carry with me?’ It was at that moment that a beam of sunlight hit him squarely in the face, warming him. He suddenly realized that his pack had lightened again with the warmth of the sun! ‘What does this mean, God? Why do you lighten my pack with sunlight? What are you showing me?’
It was then that he found himself remembering a “woman” that he had kissed when he was thirteen. It was his first kiss of adulthood, and he remembered her clearly. His heart raced at the memory of her taste on his lips and his love for her. His pack lightened considerably this time. ‘Thank you, God, for your considerable wisdom in this. I see now how I am to unburden myself completely. It is through my loving AND forgiving those who have been in my way and have wronged me previously. It is not their wronging of me that has hindered me.
It is my holding on to that wronging that has stopped me. By seeing myself as one who has been wronged, I could not go forward in the maze. And by seeing myself as one who was without love, I could not lessen the weight of the pack. As I forgive and bring love within me, I make my journey easier.’
The young man felt his heart swell as he absorbed these insights. His heart raced with joy, as it knew its lesson to him was being heard. The pack weighed nothing now, and the young man took it off and held it lightly in his hands. He stood before a solid silk wall now and could see neither an opening nor his way to where he had just come from. He was surrounded by solid silk! Part III below.
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“That is your legacy on this Earth when you leave this Earth: how many hearts you touched.” Patti Davis
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I think the whole world is dying to hear someone say, ‘I love you.’ I think that if I can leave the legacy of love and passion in the world, then I think I’ve done my job in a world that’s getting colder and colder by the day. Lionel Richie
We are a continuum. Just as we reach back to our ancestors for our fundamental values, so we, as guardians of that legacy, must reach ahead to our children and their children. And we do so with a sense of sacredness in that reaching. Paul Tsongas
A Long Story: The Maze of Life Part III
However, instead of panicking, he sat and breathed in this mantra:
“I Am the light and the Way. I carry within me all manner of healing and knowing. Through this healing and knowing, I make my way through this earthly maze. I can carry forth the journey through this maze, and I can release my entrapment. I alone can solve this riddle, and I ask now that it be done. I breathe in full acceptance of my path and its possibilities, God. I recognize that I was the impediment, not anyone or anything else. I am LIGHT, and I am LOVE.
Thus being so FREES me and allows me to soar above the physical realm. In this I rediscover myself, which is my True Self, God. Thank you for helping me to see this. I so love you.” At this, the young man felt his feet rise slightly above the earth! He floated above the silk panels and could clearly see the others stuck within the maze. Their darkness was carried around in their own packs and held them stuck.
His head swam with the implications of what was happening to him at that moment. But he focused not on that, but on the fact that he was flying! He was soaring! He was above the earth in his lightness! He was outside of the Maze! Spying the ground around the maze, he thought of being there and staying outside of the maze. And at once, he was. By thinking it and seeing it, it became true.
The Master was at his side as he touched down. “Master, thank you for placing my weight so severely upon my shoulders as you did. Were it not so heavy, I would have gladly carried it longer and longer, for it would not have hindered me all that much. But as it weighed me down so greatly, I had to get rid of the weight first before I could do anything else.” “How did you free yourself of your weight?” the Master asked. His face was alight with joy and love as he did so.
“I found myself forgiving those who had wronged me, Master. It was my pain in response to their actions that made me hold on to the pain inside of myself. When I let it go, Master, I watched it soar away from me and felt myself growing lighter.” The student’s face shone with love as he spoke. “Ah,” said the Master. “And what of the maze itself? That is impossible to walk through. There is no way out.” “Oh, Master. The most beautiful thing happened. I began to fly after losing the weight. I saw myself as light and love itself as I found it within me to forgive and forget those that had harmed me, had wronged me. My darkness had caused my weight, and my lightness freed me to fly.
By BEING light and love, I floated, Master, and found myself outside of the maze. I was freed from its confines; above its entrapments. Master, I see now that I cause my own weight, that I hold myself down. That I keep me trapped in my past. That I, alone, am responsible for the manner in which I walk this maze. By releasing those entrapping thoughts, those weighing-down feelings, and allowing me to feel love and light, I soared above it all. Did I do wrong by getting out of the maze in this way, Master?” The young man was earnestness itself as he awaited the Master’s answer.
“What do YOU feel, young one?” the Master answered with a smile. “Do YOU feel freed from the Maze?” With that, the Master strode away before hearing the other’s reply. He knew that whatever the young one answered would give him further insight into his own journey. Zen Stories via Read.Goodweb
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I don’t need to leave a legacy, but I would like to leave lots of great memories.
I hope that I am leaving a legacy for my children that shows them that they are capable of anything they set their minds to. That they can follow their own goals, and not have to follow the fray.
That is such a good story, it is so inspirational than you for sharing.
What a great food for thought post. I personally like the talk about how legacy is the lives you touch. In that case I hope I leave a HUGE legacy.
I often feel that there is no particular legacy being left in my life.– I have to say I will look into my legacy a tad more
Hmm legacy what a deep thought in my opinion leaving a legacy is leaving a special mark to make others’ lives better
I love the quote “people will not always remember what you say but they will remember how you make them feel” i want to leave a legacy of making people feel loved, valued and important. and a legacy of forgiveness because i don’t want that weighing me down
I love this motivation perfect post for the brand new week. And i realize a new things. Don’t be live in the past just move on and face the new life that full of success
I need to think more of touching lives. Store up your treasure in heaven.
I love this long story, so powerful and meaningful. Legacy means something that I can hand down to my next generation
Legacy means living my life exactly how I want to and to the fullest. I really am not concerned about what others think of how I live my life – it is mine to life. If they choose to take something from it – anything – that is my legacy to them. That I lived, fully, freely and well according to my understanding and they can do the same. Namaste
Brilliant, thank you so much for my early morning story.
I love your motivation Monday series you always create interesting narratives with an important moral message.
SO important that we all leave a legacy – to our families – and to the world as a whole
This is the most extraordinarily beautiful post and very good timing for me – thank you!
leaving a legacy for ourselves and for our families is SO important
I never even thought about my legacy until I hit my 30’s. Now, it seems the only thing I strive for LOL I need to find balance 🙂
Thank you for today’s Motivation Monday reminder! Legacy is such a daunting term, but oh so important. Sometimes I think about the Legacy my Mother left behind, and want to inspire to be just like that.
Some very moving words and images
Thanks for sharing this awesome post. It’s something to reflect on. We should always remind ourselves that our legacy shouldn’t be measured in the projects or tools we build or in the books or features we write, but in the people we serve and inspire.
This is a timely and valuable post. The legacy we leave our children in terms of character and outlook will often be their most valued inheritance
I’m a teacher so I hope the hundreds of students I’ve taught over the years will develop a love for literature and reading 🙂
Holding on to wrongs is a weight to strong to bear. I say let it go too. No one needs a bad back. 😉
Another neat perspective. thanks for the motivation!
I think it’s most people’s goal to leave some sorta legacy! You want your name to be remembered for something light? Mind as well be for something epic.
Life is so much more fulfilling when you spend your time helping other rather than collecting things.
Legacy is important to me and I do hope when I’m gone, I did leave something good for my family. That I have lived a good life that will inspire or motivate them..
Lovely. We really do carry our own loads, and forgiveness and love is the key!!
Legacy is important to me and I do hope when I’m gone, I did leave something good for my family. That I have lived a good life that will inspire or motivate them.
I think it’s very important to keep in mind your legacy. You want to leave a good impact on the people you knew in life.
I think being mindful of legacy and the impact you’re leaving is so important. When we hold what we’re doing in light of how it impacts another generation, one typically makes much different choices.
This indeed is a great post on legacies. I believe our legacy will always live on through our children and we all need to teach the children how to be humble.
Funny to see the word Legacy as I have been going back and forth with a university named Chatham University that seems to forget that LEGACY is everything.
Legacy is something that you had done on your past that remarks on the new generation and continue to grow.
Something you did that leaves a footprints, And that is what a called legacy.
I love reading your motivational posts!! You present everything in great way to motivate others!!
I love that quote about the footprint. It’s definitely how you want to be remembered, and it’s entirely up to you how you spend your life in order to be remembered a certain way.
It’s really true that legacy can be found inside your heart if you want to deal with it. If not, forget the footprints while treading your life up to the end.
This is such a sobering reminder of the time we spend on this earth. What we leave as a legacy will be the result of everything we do :O
Now that was a long story, but very enlightening. Often we get hurt, and go on and on and on about the past, not knowing that it is only our feelings getting in the way of growing and moving on. Forgive, and love, always.
many thanks for this message – These motivation messages are always inspirational – it is these type of messages that has inspired us to leave a footprint and legacy.. you shoudl start a podcast : )
I agree that everyone born with their own legacy. Everyone lives their own life, don’t judge other because you never know what they have come through.
Thank you for this very nice motivation. Such a good reminders.
Thank you for this great motivations. Such a good reminders.
On occasion I think about the legacy I’m leaving for my kids. I need to think on that some more. I enjoyed the stories you pulled for this post.
This is indeed a very very long story. But luckily, I’ve read it from Zen Stories some time back, thanks for resharing the story.
I have completely changed my outlook on life, and it call came from travel. I became super frugal, and very attuned to personal relationships, amongst many others.
Legacy is such a powerful word and meaning.
I love the quotes mentioned in the post about leaving a legacy, fulfilling your wishes during our lives and not having any regrets at the deathbed. It’s humbling to know that at the end of one’s life, his/her legacy is measured by how many hearts or lives he/she has touched – as opposed to how much (tangible) inheritence he/she has left behind.
Legacy for me has never been an issue until I reached this age. But ultimately, the legacy that I want to live, is the legacy I would leave to my daughter, that when I am gone, she would know how to live this world, with great joy in her heart.
Our legacy is what we give and contribute to the world. This should motivate us to generate goodwill to establish a lasting legacy.
These are incredible photos and great food for thought.
My father used to tell me that it is not the amount of money that you make that people will remember you when you pass but how much people you’ve touched and helped that counts.
Oh no, this made me think of what I can actually leave as a legacy even just to my family. I haven’t been quite a accomplished on things so I think it wouldn’t be easy for me to pinpoint even one deed I made that would be considered a legacy.
Leaving a legacy to the next generation is so important! We will be remembered for what we’ve done and undone in this life.
Legacy is such a beautiful word. We all want to leave our own legacy to the next generation. We need to do what we now so we can leave something of value behind when we leave. And this does not have to be something material.
Wow, tha’s exactly my question, what would be my legacy. Really money and all the things I own will do nothing at the end of it all. I guess I want to be remembered as someone who did what she could to help out people. I already started paving ways for outreaches and all that but I feel it is not enough, I want to be able to help more.
When it comes to leaving a legacy, I think sometimes we focus too much on the legacy of individuals and not enough on the legacy of an entire generation. While a single person’s legacy is, of course, still important, each generation should always work together to leave the next generation as well off as possible. And I’d say both tangibles and principles are equally as important.
I would want to be remembered for my resiliency in the face of adversity. There have been countless times when I was about to give up but did not! I want my children to learn to be strong and always trust in the Lord’s Wisdom.
always so moved by your photoraphy and wondeerful quotes
I think we are not to know our real legacy until the end. Many never really know but for me I aim to be the best Mom and Wife I can be
For me, Legacy would be something that you’ll be remembered by future generations. I believe that legacy should be a positive one and you must not let people remember you for bad deeds, 🙂
My children are my legacy, they will be the living breathing messengers of the values and beliefs that I truly stand behind. I hope that before I leave, enough of me has been imprinted on my kids and that they would continue and support the advocacies that I strongly fight for.
This article is very inspiring specially when it tackles legacy. And that I thought of the families who joins in the world of politics, Philippine politics that is. Whew!
We come to this world with nothing and leave without taking anything as well. The only thing I wish for is to leave a legacy of respect and knowledge or inspiration for the young ones or future generation to be better.
I try to make sure that I live a life that makes a difference in other people’s lives. I want my kids to see that too.
Great post. Let’s be motivated everyday.
I think that a legacy could be tangible, as in something you pass down for generations in hopes of being remembered by the family you will never meet, and also a principle. We all love the idea of having a legacy, I think because none of us really enjoy the idea that we will cease to exist. We want to make sure that some part of us is always around, in the hearts of the people we care about so that they can pass the idea of us down.
When I’m gone, I hope people will not remember me for my flaws nor my educational and financial attainment. I believe my legacy would be best reflected on how I raise my daughter to be a good person and productive member of society.
I think that a legacy could be tangible, as in something you pass down for generations in hopes of being remembered by the family you will never meet, and also a principle. We all love the idea of having a legacy, I think because none of us really enjoy the idea that we will cease to exist. We want to make sure that some part of us is always around, in the hearts of the people we care about so that they can pass the idea of us down.
The Maze of Life was a wonderful tale. I feel like I need to read it a few times to really let it soak in!
Legacy is something that you did and had a great impact or remarks to the new generation.
I want my legacy to be a good one. Don’t need to be remembered by everyone but fondly by those who do remember me!
Leaving a legacy–mine will be that I lived my life as honestly as possible and attempted to hurt no one. I will ;eave behind my good name.
We all die. The goal isn’t to live forever, the goal is to create something that will.
I love this story. I have never read it before. Thanks for sharing.
I feel that legacy would be stories, memories, things we pass on – not always just in morals, lessons, or ethics all which are valuable indeed, but the stories of our elders, knowledge, I wish more had been passed down to me.
What an inspiration post thanks for sharing! This was great.
How you lived on earth is your legacy, but only people who really knew you – close family and friends, will truly treasure it.
I love the idea of the Motivation Monday Dates that focus on fear, giving thanks, and community. Very neat!
I really love the quote by Naveen Jain. I feel like growing up my family talked a lot about the kind of legacy they were trying to set up and how we were going to carry and improve on different traits.
One of my favorite quotes is about legacy: “What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal.” When people talk about a person who just died, they will always remember that person’s deed. How he/she had helped people. That something I also pray for that I can leave my own legacy.
Really interesting. I haven’t really consider about what Legacy I would like to leave to the kids.
There’s a song by Lincoln Brewster that mentions about legacy. It says:
“When I’m old and turning gray, and my boys have moved away,
When it’s time for me to say goodbye.
I hope I leave a legacy, I hope that God is proud of me
I hope that I leave something good behind”.
My husband and I really love that song. It reminds us to do good for God and for the generation behind us.
Everyone has different views on life, the path to take, and how to leave their own legacy. I always find LEGACY a very inspiring word, not only for the people who hold the power but for everyone. Thank you for such inspiration.
this is actually one of the things that i used to write on my journal. the same question, what legacy will i leave my children. i still don’t know the answer yet but as much as possible, i show them how to love and be compassionate to others especially to those who are in need.
I am always thinking what will be my legacy , hope that i can leave something for a worth legacy
Long read but worth it. It gave me lots of realization in life. Thanks for being an inspiration.
I’m glad you read it. Thank you so much!