Chapter 9A Matriarch Leaves a Great Legacy
OK, Matriarch, we're talking about eternity here, and we get one shot at this shit, so we better make damn sure we get it right. Your legacy is what you'll be remembered by when you step off this earth and that is some serious shit.
Do you realize what it means? It means that the accumulated days that you call your life here will leave a lasting impression on those who know and love you. Those people will be tasked with the responsibility of keeping your memory alive. Now hear me clear, lady, your truest power is in the words you leave them saying. The words they string together that represent your seconds, minutes, days, months, and years on this planet.
If today was your very last day here, the day you filled your lungs with air and took your final breath, how would the people who know and love you describe you?
Holy shit, right?!?!
You may feel a sense of panic by this realization. I understand that it's a major “ah-ha moment” when you realize that you haven't just been living one day after another but instead a whole life that will leave a taste in the mouths of others. A sweet taste? A sour one? A salty one? What combination of words will be used to describe the life you lived? Is it a sentence? A paragraph? Is it worthy of a monologue?
Your greatest power in all of life is your ability to influence the memory of your own existence. Take that in for a minute. Breath it all the way in. It's probably the most profound thing I've ...
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