2016 is going to be remembered as the year we lost many American icons, personal friends, and family members. It begs the question, \u201cWhat is going on!\u201d<\/p>\n
In Proverbs 22:1<\/strong> Solomon says \u201cA good name is rather to be chosen that riches, and loving favor rather than silver or gold.\u201d What is left behind are two things, the personal belongings (riches), and the \u201cLegacy\u201d of who the person was to those around them. We all agreed the money or wealth is the least important to us. Many are spoiled by the wealth. To us, it seemed like a building named after us for what we \u201cdid\u201d rather than what we \u201cgave\u201d was more exciting, and meaningful. Think of those cool guys like John Glenn and Neal Armstrong, those famous Astronauts whose names grace many schools, roadways, and bridges.<\/p>\n On my birthday, December 23rd, I woke like most do and my family told me happy birthday! I then quickly found out my good friend RK Mosier had died of a heart attack at age 41 that morning. He left two boys aged 10 and 12, and a sweet wife. He left a tremendous name for them. I found myself the following week at his funeral in such an odd state. I wasn\u2019t emotional. I was almost smiling through the whole thing. I was so \u201cproud\u201d of him. He did it right. He was a tremendous husband and father. His focus was right where it needed to be. He will be missed, he will be remembered, and his loved ones can be proud of who he was for the rest of their lives. That right there is as good as gold. Take that one to the bank folks!<\/p>\n So what can we all do from this point forward to cement the legacy we will leave behind? Tony Dungy remarks in his book Uncommon Life<\/em> that building memories is one way to cement a legacy, remembrance, and appreciation. It takes time. Take out time to create memories. So, spend time with your kids, your wife, and your friends. Volunteering your time is another excellent way.<\/p>\n In conclusion we talked about leaving a letter behind<\/strong> to share with your loved ones. Many of us never get around to it, so I provided a starter letter* to each Men\u2019s Life attendee. I suggested to fill it out, so you have something. Maybe it isn\u2019t perfect, but it is something. Then, go ahead and try to do another perfect letter, if you get around to it. Like my dad always says, I\u2019d rather it be 85% right and have done it, than wait until I know 100% what I want to say<\/em>.<\/p>\n *The “Starter Letter” can be found on page three of the lesson notes<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 2016 is going to be remembered as the year we lost many American icons, personal friends, and family members. It begs the question, \u201cWhat is going on!\u201d In Proverbs 22:1 Solomon says \u201cA good name is rather to be chosen that riches, and loving favor rather than silver or gold.\u201d What is left behind are two things, the personal belongings… Read more →<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,12],"tags":[66,69,67,68],"class_list":["post-735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lessons","category-wrapup","tag-legacy","tag-proverbs","tag-remember","tag-reputation","xfolkentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/menslifebloomington.org\/bloomenlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/735","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/menslifebloomington.org\/bloomenlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/menslifebloomington.org\/bloomenlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/menslifebloomington.org\/bloomenlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/menslifebloomington.org\/bloomenlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=735"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/menslifebloomington.org\/bloomenlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/735\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":739,"href":"http:\/\/menslifebloomington.org\/bloomenlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/735\/revisions\/739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/menslifebloomington.org\/bloomenlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/menslifebloomington.org\/bloomenlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/menslifebloomington.org\/bloomenlife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}