The Daily Open Minded Writer

I got asked what I would want someone or people in general to say at my funeral and this got me thinking about what I would hope for the end of my life and what I would have accomplished by then. I look at it now, and I am 35, about to turn 36, which is statically the dead-set middle age of someone with normal life expectancy within the United States, being 72 for men on average of the previous generation and with the overall health levels decreasing with each passing generation more then likely I won’t make it to the age of 72 sadly. All of this being said, like most, I want to positively impact the world. I would like to leave some lasting legacy that I am remembered as someone who would help and care for others without regard for who they are, their race, religion, creed, sex, or political affiliation because, at the end of the day, we are all nothing more than just humans. Saying we are nothing more than humans begs what makes us human instead of something else, but I digress because I do not have that answer currently.

Back to my original train of thought, I want to be seen as a helper who takes the time to nurture the youth of the up-and-coming generation because I feel this is a significant missing puzzle piece for many young people. I know when I was growing up, I may not have always liked what was told to me, but I will be damned if they were not wholly correct. I even remember an old timer who was a total dick head, but damn, he dropped some of the most accurate truth bombs on the craziest things, like focusing on you and the development of yourself instead of perfume and gasoline. I have to say I was so full of myself in those days I thought he was cracked, but here I am looking back, thinking he was 100% correct; I should have been focusing on school and myself and the development of who I am, where I want to go in life (my journey – whatever that means anymore).

I think this is all to say that more than anything, I want to be remembered as a good person; I may not always be the most chipper person in the world, but that is ok as long as people can look back and think, damn he was a good human even though he had his faults.