After Life, Life Goes On

“A man exists for a generation, but his name lasts to the end of time.”

—Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Hagakure

Whatever happens to you after you die, what about the rest of us? The world goes on without the dead, and the world you leave is your legacy here.

No matter what you think about the migration of the soul and your final resting place, we are still going to be here when you die. It may be the end of your life, but we will still be here, still struggling, still dealing with the world that you just left behind.

Now what if you could leave something, anything, that could make our lives a bit easier? This is something we could keep in mind every day, but it becomes escpecially prevelant when we realize that when we leave this world, we have the potential of leaving behind a legacy that could effect the world, humanity, and those we loved. You may not carry on, but your ideas and memory will, so why not make them something worth remembering that will be passed on into future generations?