• actors, script writers, 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 - for providing us with shelter, transportation and communication.
• family and friends 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 - 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.
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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