Leaving a Legacy

So we've been talking the last couple weeks about leaving a legacy. Asking and trying to answer questions like...

• What is a legacy?
• What are some examples of people who have left legacies?
• What are they remembered for?
• Should we be deliberate about leaving a legacy?
• What do you want to be remembered for?
• Do you need to change anything to be remembered for this?

I asked 100 of my students what they wanted to be remembered for. Here's what I found: (number of students in parenthesis)

(36) the way I treat other people

(24) my talent/ability

(22) my personality

(14) being a good person

1 person said "because of her faith, she was different"

I made a couple of observations about the results

1. no one said popularity, looks, or being rich
2. relationships took priority over more shallow things like ability and personality
3. only one person made a direct reference to their relationship with God

So what do you want to be remembered for?