rrodriguez

I wanto to be remembered as...

As I meditate on the fragility of life and how short-lived, I ask, how do I want to be remembered?

I want to be remembered for caring.

I want to be remembered as a person that never said no to helping someone

I want to be remembered as someone that puts everyone’s needs above my own.

I want to be remembered as someone who wanted to do something positive in a world with so much negativity. I want to be a positive force, a beacon of light, of hope, of love. Even if that is just for one person, for one human being.

I want to be remembered as someone who loved his family very much,

I want to be remembered as being funny, kind, a nature lover.

I want to be remembered as someone who loved God even though I didn’t measure to the standards of this world.  

I want to be remembered as a repentant sinner who cried out daily to the Lord Psalm 51. And that my million mistakes are forgiven… I asked God, “Why do you bother with me? Why take a second look my way? I disappoint you every day. He said, see, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands…

I want to be remembered as someone who loved poetry and intellectual pursuits.

I want to be remembered as someone who did good…