"Something Worth Leaving Behind"

How long has it been since you've asked yourself some of the hard questions when you looked at yourself in the mirror? One of the hard questions that I have struggled with is-- what is it that you want people to remember you for after you're gone? What cause or causes are worth fighting for and which ones are battles that don't impact the war? My sense is most of us take on many battles because at the time they seem to make sense. Time changes us and the way we think and act. I'm not the same woman I was last week, last month, last year. My answers to the same questions have changed dramatically over the years. There are many battles that I would have put myself out there in the past that I stand and just shake my head. They are battles some people must see worth fighting but not me, at least not anymore.

As I think of what I value most in life, my thoughts go immediately to the people that I love. It makes me think of my children. I changed dramatically over the tenure of raising my three children. My number one child was over disciplined, my number two child was selectively disciplined and my number three child, I had a strategy of asking "is this battle worth fighting?"
Most of the time it wasn't.

So, I have asked myself the hard question in recent times -- What's worth leaving behind?
I think Lee Ann Womack answers it well in her song "Something Worth Leaving Behind".

"Hey Mona Lisa, who was Leonardo?
Was he Andy Warhol?You were Marilyn Monroe
Hey Mozart, what kind of name is Amadeus
It's kinda like Elvis You gotta die to be famous

I may not go down in history I just want someone to remember me

I'll probably never hold a brush that paints a masterpiece
Probably never find a pen that writes a symphony

But if I will love then I will find
That I have touched another life
And that's something Something worth leaving behind

Hey Midas you say you have the magic touch
That even all that shiny stuff Someday is gonna turn to dust

Hey Jesus it must have been some Sunday morning
In a blaze of glory
We're still tellin' your story

I may not go down in history
I just want someone to remember me

I'll probably never dream a dream and watch it turn to gold
No, I'll never lose my life to save another soul
If I will love then I will find
That I have touched another life

And that's something Something worth leaving behind

Hey baby see the future that we're building

Our love lives on in the lives of our children
And that's something......
Something worth leaving behind"

lyrics by DOUGLAS, TOM / BEAVERS, BRETT

So I challenge all of you to ask yourself the same question. If it is our children, shouldn't we live our lives for the sake of our children?