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Recess time.

We like to think that we have forever to live, forever to find our dreams and try to make them happen and to a certain degree this is true. We obviously don't have forever to accomplish the things we most desire in life so that leaves us with an open question, will we ever find ultimate happiness or contentment. The answer is yes, (if you want it to be.) Life deals us with many screwballs, I am dealing with the baseball metaphor, and it is how we respond to these blips on the screen of our lives that will ultimately determine our legacy because if we are honest it is what we leave behind that matters most to us. Legacy is a great word to talk about because we are all looking for our meaning and purpose in life, but a serious question arises.."How long will we have to live here?" Legacy then doesn't become a life long series of events, but a segment of events as determined by God for how ever long you live. Could be 10 years, could be 15 years or it could be 21 years that will determine your legacy.

I don't think it should be an intentional thing that we set out to do, I think it should be motivated by our inner most heart or our soul, what kind of legacy am I or will I leave for those left behind. I'm sorry but money won't do, we are human beings and as human beings we have dreams, hopes and desires that if left unfulfilled will leave a big empty space in our hearts until it is filled with something or someone!! Can you see that empty space right now? I can. It's filled with peoples expectations of what they think your life should be like, if you are going to clean that room the first thing that has to go is other peoples desires for you. It's nice to have people on your team, but are they active players or just there for the ride? Ya clean your room of their desires, they are grown ups they can clean their own rooms.

A dream or a desire is just that, it's a wish, and when it comes true you will still be you. You will have to eat and sleep, you will still have to dream and I think our dreams take us into eternity, where we will never stop being human, and love will never die. Consider the bible.

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