When You Die, How Will People Remember You?
If there's one thing we are certain of, it is that we are gonna die soon. Just thinking of it makes me wonder how people will remember me. If you are asked this question, "when you die, how will people remember you?".
Honestly, I don't know how people will remember me. I mean, I'm not sure if they'll share the same thoughts of remembering me. Although, I would say that they'll remember me as a quiet and reserved person. At least for those who know me, but to the people I'm close with, they may remember me as someone who is a good listener and good advice? Not really sure.
Some people may find me negative and stuff? I am not so sure about that.
Imagine this, if you are going to die now, are you ready?
Nope, I'm not. I still wanna do things I've been wanting to do. There are a lot of places I wanna go to. There are a lot of activities I wanna try, with my family and my loved ones. I still wanna do something worthwhile like doing charities and help those who are in need.
But if I will, I would have done something worthwhile. I wanna leave a great legacy, and you should too. These are the things that I should believe in:
Believe that God made you good.
As Christians, we believe that we are all made by the image and likeness of God. That means to say that each of us has a purpose in this world. We may be selfish at times, we may be pessimists in the majority of our lives but always believe that there is still goodness in us.
Even that little amount of concern you have for the family or people around you by wearing a mask is already a good deed. You know, when my loved ones get sick, my way of showing my concern is to get mad which is a wrong way of expressing myself. But hey, anger comes from fear. I just don't want anyone in the family to get sick that's why I get mad and get paranoid if it happens. God forbid.
One more thing, stop being too hard on yourself. We all have certain things we're good at. Don't call yourself stupid, or not good enough. Let those mistakes be your motivation to do better and make up for those by learning from them.
Prioritize people over things.
You can't carry your material possessions in your grave. You can't use them anymore. What's more important is leaving the world with a healthy relationship with the people around you.
If there's someone who has wronged you and caused you harm, forgive them. I know it's not easy to forgive especially when it impacted so deep in your life. Then again, you won't gain anything from pride. You forgive the person not because you forgive the person, it is because you are doing it for yourself.
If you made a wrong decision that changed your life in the present, forgive yourself by moving forward and learn from those mistakes. After all, learning is a lifelong process. Even in heaven or hell, we must still be learning.
Let's leave the world by having good relationships with one another so our hearts and souls may be at peace.
Be faithful to your gift.
As I have said earlier, there must be something in you that you are good at. You may not be good at academics but you are great at cooking. You can do something about it, and maximize your skill.
For me, it's kinda late for me to realize what I wanna do in this world. It is to perform or maximize my talent in communication to tell myself that I have something in me that I should be proud of.
For all of my life, I felt like I have always been following what society had regulated. I want to prove to myself that being different is special. It is unique and one of a kind.
In my case, I want to maximize my gift to anchor generosity in me. I just recently realized that I have something in my heart that I want to help the poor in every way I can. That is why I want to be successful with our mission to make things possible. That's one of my motivations.
I hope to sustain these three things listed. So help me God.
Thanks for reading!
Keep safe everyone ❤
Hi sis nice article and its true siguro ako pag namatay gusto ko stable na mga anak ko at kaya na nilang mabuhay magisa. At sana di nila makalimutan yung mga pangaral ko sa kanila.