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Writing Your Own Obituary
| Guest post by: Jim Stovall |
Article Overview: Those of you who are consistent readers of this regular offering, realize that I rarely recommend specific books. Instead, I encourage people to read those books that will help them in the pursuit of their own passion. However, recently I have completed both of Tom Brokaw's books dealing with the Depression and World War II era-The Greatest Generation and The Greatest Generation Speaks.
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Writing Your Own Obituary
Those of you who are consistent readers of this regular offering, realize that I rarely recommend specific books. Instead, I encourage people to read those books that will help them in the pursuit of their own passion. However, recently I have completed both of Tom Brokaw's books dealing with the Depression and World War II era-The Greatest Generation and The Greatest Generation Speaks.
Those of you who lived through those times, or were raised by someone who did, will find both books a wonderful and refreshing trip through the best and worst of times. For those of you of more recent vintage, you will discover a generation of people who shaped the world we live in today through their character, integrity, and determination.
As you experience the various stories of people affected by The Depression and the second world war, you will be struck by the fact that they did not realize they were living through history. They felt they were just simple people doing their jobs.
As we go through our day-to-day activities, we, too, often fail to realize the significance of the time and place in which we live. Each of us, every day, is living out our own biography. We rarely think of it this way until we read a friend's or loved one's obituary. Then the span of a lifetime is put into a manageable perspective.
How would you live your life differently today if you knew that it would become a permanent part of history or at least be read as your obituary by your loved ones at the end of your life? Think of things in the day-to-day ebb and flow as permanent sign posts along the course of history. You never know which may be the significant intersection until you are far beyond the point where you can do anything to change it. Assume that every activity in which you choose to invest your effort is of powerful and significant importance. When you take care of the little details, the big things automatically fall into place.
If you do not feel that kind of passion or importance for the things you do on a daily basis, either find something new to do or a new attitude about the course you are on. There will come a day when people read your obituary and consider the mark you have made in this world. On that day, it will be too late to make a difference. Make your mark while you can.
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