For as long as I can remember (which, if you're the location of my keys, isn't long at all), I have longed to not be forgotten. I have yearned to leave a legacy. I love graveyards, not because I have a morbid fascination with the dead, but because what is written on the tombstone is meant to encapsulate an entire life. It is telling to see what family has chosen to write there.
I love hearing people talk about their loved ones as well, especially in their absence. It paints quite an accurate pictuere of who that person really is. What's the saying? Tell me who your friends are, and I'll tell you the kind of person you are? We are known by the company we keep . . .
And yet . . .
Here it is again. No matter how deep my relationship is with anyone, it can never be as deep as what I yearn for. See, I want to be remembered, but the things I am most remembered for are not necessarily indicative of who I am, because a soul is a rather infinite thing. It's how we are made in the image of an infinite God. And that is the part of me that is most truly me, this deep part that is there behind every action I take, every word I say, every thought and emotion. It is the symphony of my life - these individual pieces coming together to create beautiful music.
Most of the time, I only catch a couple bars of someone else's song. And most of the time, I feel that's all that is caught of mine. Sometimes, though, you meet people, and it's like there song just echoes deeply with yours.
And you feel
A little
Less lost
In
The crowd.
To people who make me feel at home, thank you. You know who you are :)
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