Friday, February 21, 2014

Begin With the End in Mind


What would I want people to say on my funeral? What would I love my daughter say on that day of departure?
I'd love to hear her say how a great loving dad I was and how she learned from me so many lessons that she found useful in her every day life. I'd love her to say how I taught her by my example more than with my words. I'd love her to say that I was her best friend and that she's going to miss me. I'd love her to say that we had fun together, travelled together, and did so many crazy things together. I'd love her to acknowledge that I made it easier for her to find her life's calling. I'd love to hear that my best gift for her was my love for her. I'd love to know that because I was her daddy she is a confident, high achieving, wise, knowledge loving and a woman of integrity.
I'd love people to say that I genuinely loved them and forgave them. I laughed with them and shared their sufferings. I listened and listened to them. I respected them. I didn't preach to them with my words. I was a light to them.
I'd love to know that because of the way I lived and worked people believed in themselves and their true powers. I'd love to hear them say things like, he always said that if I could be this or that, you could also be that because you are a lot smarter than I am.
I'd love people whom I helped with my money to say that they learned compassion from me. They learned the true use of wealth, to be a blessing to others. They learned that if they change their lives, the lives of others would change because of them. 

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