• actors, writers, dancers, musicians, comedians, movie directors, video game programmers, and similar people - for entertaining us and perhaps teaching us something.
• doctors, nurses, first responders, pharmacists, mental health professionals - for keeping us alive and healthy mentally and physically.
• farmers, gardeners, butchers, beverage producers, clothing manufacturers, truck drivers, shopkeepers - for providing us with healthy food, drink and clothes to keep our bodies strong and healthy.
• builders of all sorts - engineers, architects, brick layers, concrete pourers, for providing us with shelter, transportation and communication.
• family and friends, husbands, wives, mothers, fathers, uncles, aunts, cousins, and sometimes even strangers - for loving us as best as they could, being kind and understanding, giving us hope when we are down.
• teachers, writers, philosophers, journalists, photographers - for keeping our minds active and teaching us new things about the world.
• politicians, activists, protesters, religious leaders - giving us a purpose, organizing our society, looking after the poor, providing us with something to struggle for or against, and thus giving us meaning for our lives.
Everyone has some sort of a purpose in life and leaves a legacy behind whether they like it or not, whether they are even aware of it or not. You will be remembered as someone to emulate, or someone to avoid becoming.
If you want to leave something lasting, perhaps plant a tree and place a bench underneath with a plaque in your name, write a book, paint a picture, compose a song, knit a sweater, sew a dress, hug a child, build a birdhouse. I'm sure, someone will remember you for it.
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