A Simple Narrative

I definitely love changing the theme to my blog every six months :)

I've been preached at by biblical scholars, lectured by classroom teachers, and pushed by coaches all through life to do this one thing: To leave a "legacy." We always think the term legacy has some sort of symphonic ringing playing with it. We paint this picture on the canvass of our minds of a life that was well-known for being well lived. A life that was a "history-maker." Personally, I feel like we have a lot of legacies to use as our benchmarks in this world. I don't want my life to be a legacy, I want it to be a Simple Narrative:


Simple, but not shallow; Strong, but vulnerable; Passionate, but not arrogant; Epic, but modest; Courageous, but careful; Ordained, but not separate; A benchmark, but certainly not a template of perfection...
That is what I hope is said about the life I've lived when it has finished. I hope that my life is remembered as a story, not fancied by made-up entities, but raw and real. Through the years I've spent on this earth, I've been lectured on leaving a "legacy." After much thought, and consideration, I decided for myself that a legacy was unnecessary. I feel as though we have to many of those filling our history books and being recorded in other mediums. My hearts desire is that I do not let my life turn into another strive to make it into world history... But rather that it becomes a narrative, simple, but inspiring. Please do not let the world remember me by the speech from my lips, the ink from my pen, or certainly not a picture of my face. Let them remember me in a different light. In the light of a daring tale that lives on in the memories of my friends and family. And when all has been accomplished by all that was to be accomplished by me on this earth, look to my life as a piece of literature. A story, with a definite beginning and ending, and an author who guided me through it all. Let the cover read 'A Simple Narrative' because the critics of the novel should say "From the beginning, to the end of this account, my heart was moved, my soul was inspired, and my humanity was stretched. The world should read and gain small but certain truths from the life lived in this Simple Narrative."