legacy.

i wanna leave a legacy
how will they remember me?
did i choose to love?
Did I point to You enough
To make a mark on things?
I want to leave an offering
A child of mercy and grace who
blessed your name unapologetically
And leave that kind of legacy


this song made me start thinking about the idea of a legacy. i suppose we often connect the idea of the legacy with death and dying and the impression we leave once we're gone from the earth. but i think a legacy doesnt have to wait until you die. maybe a legacy is the values and ideals you uphold in your everyday life. maybe no matter what kinds of mistakes you make, lines you cross, people you hurt, wrong things you say, false accusations you make, lies you tell its your overall self at the end of the day that really matters. we all have skeletons in our closets. we all make mistakes. we all get angry. we all throw our cell phones across the room...well some of us do. but at the end of the day its who you are as a person in general that people will remember. if you can look in the mirror and feel that you are loved, genuinely loved, then maybe thats all you need to leave the kind of legacy we all want deep inside.