Legacy Through Steps Rather than Leaps
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It is human nature to want our lives to count for something, to make a difference in this world, and to leave a legacy.
The word “legacy” alone has the connotation of great achievement and can be paralyzing in itself. We tend to base our lives and our accomplishments by comparison to others. When faced with the comparative of what others have done, the prospect of leaving our own legacy can leave us with an overwhelming self-doubt of what we believe we are capable of doing.
When considering leaving a legacy we are conditioned to believe that we need to make some Herculean leap to make it possible. The truth is that creating our own legacy is something that will come about through consistent activity and commitment.
Gandhi is well known for the quote, “Be the change you want to see in this world.” That change can begin with something as simple as a small act of kindness to another, coaching a child’s baseball team, shoveling an elderly neighbor’s driveway, or mentoring someone you meet in your life’s travels.
Keep in mind that we will be remembered long after we are gone for what we did throughout our lives, not for what we accomplished in just one day. Walk towards your legacy. Your steps will long be remembered.
Randy Taylor
Choose to Change—Today
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As early as childhood we are trained in life to get it done soon. “When will I get my new bike dad?” “Soon, son.”
This type of conditioning has permeated our adult lives and affects how we choose to handle the prospect of change. I will start that new action step “soon”.
As we know from childhood, the notion of soon really means that it’s not likely to happen. Here is what we all have that is unique to the human species: the ability to choose. We can choose to put off doing what we know will move our lives forward and file it in the “soon” category, or we can act upon it when the emotion strikes.
Whether it is the prospect of losing weight, taking a new course, spending more time with our family or learning a new skill, switching our decision making mind-set from “soon” to “now” can have a greater impact on your life than almost anything else.
Randy Taylor
Hope Is Not Just a Word
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Dreams begin as just that. Hope. There is no question that to have more, we must become more. But we should not shy away from what others may categorize as blind hope.
As children we play and dream and imagine and in fact are encouraged to do just that. As children we make great superheroes and singers and actors and the like. As we begin to age, society is all too quick to point out the pitfalls of those dreams and continually remind us that our primary objective as adults is to be responsible, hard-working, and realistic.
The prospect of hoping for more in your life than is supported in society will undoubtedly meet with objection. We hear it all the time: “That thing you are hoping for is not likely to happen given your current situation or what we believe is possible for you.”
Recently, I heard one of the most inspiring speeches I have heard in a very long time. During the Democratic primary race for the presidency in the United States, Barack Obama told an audience, “It’s true, I talk a lot about hope. There are those who are trying to warn you against believing in false hope. But in the unlikely story that is America, there is nothing false about hope.”
Never allow the voice of the world to steal away your dreams. Never lose sight of the fact that in the unlikely story that is your life, there is nothing false about hope.
Randy Taylor
