I trust you know many
people who are dead and gone but their achievements (whether good or bad) leave
after them. We might think that, what we do on earth cease or ends when we are
dead and gone but that is never the case.
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 newspaper 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.” And also “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 towards peace. His name was Alfred Nobel and he is remembered
today by the great NOBLE PRIZE.
Alfred Noble determined
how he wanted to be remembered after his life on earth. Now I put the question
back to you;
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?
Think about this my
dear friend because you have the power to determine HOW YOU WANT TO BE
REMEMBERED.
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