Your legacy

iSon · Mon 15 Dec, 2008 01.40

It's a little late and probably a bit of a deep question to be asking... I probably should have saved my 1000th post for it! HOWEVER... It's a fairly simple question.

What do you think your lasting legacy will be? What would you like your lasting legacy to be?

I guess it's a bit more of a detailed thought than would you want to be hated and remembered or loved but soon forgotten? But along the same lines I guess.

The reason I got thinking about this was my grandad on my mum's side who died many years ago now is fondly remembered by a lot of people. And recently by a stroke of luck my uncle was selling his TV to a bloke in Essex and it turns out he was a big fan of my grandad who was a fantastic organ player. He had loads of pictures and memorabilia which he has of course kindly donated to our family which has evoked some absolutely wonderful memories. He will never be forgotten within our family of course but it's amazing that other people also remember him and see fit to keep such items.

He loved playing the organ and at the time was one of the real names not only in our local area but he used to play all over the country. Long before I was born mind but the stories are being retold again with the discovery of photos at various different places.

So I would say he has a legacy. By no means a superstar but still held in regard by some people. I think that's how I would like to be remembered but then I realised, at the moment I don't really have anything "to my name" that I might be remembered for. Hey, I'm only 23 so I'm sure something a few years down the line could define this short but decisive episode here on earth. Almost to the point that I'm almost happy to let life take me down the road for a couple of years rather than trying to steer in a new direction.

Wow, that was incredibly deep wasn't it? It won't happen again, you needn't worry.

Sput · Mon 15 Dec, 2008 08.14

Look at you, going on about your legacy. You're not...Blair!

nidave · Mon 15 Dec, 2008 08.59

Mine is to be quickly forgotten...
Unless my mail order chainsaw arrives...

(Thought I would write a serious reply)
I don't want to be famous and I doubt I will do anything significant in my life...
Suppose the best I can hope for is to be remembered as someone who was slightly odd who always tied to help others where he can

Lorns · Mon 15 Dec, 2008 09.32

You know how when you look at your old school photos and go " my god, my hair, what was i thinking!".
I shall be responsible for a fair few of those in the coming years.
So i guess my legacy will live on in dodgy old photos.

rob · Mon 15 Dec, 2008 09.40

Lorns wrote:You know how when you look at your old school photos and go " my god, my hair, what was i thinking!".
I shall be responsible for a fair few of those in the coming years.
So i guess my legacy will live on in dodgy old photos.

Same here... there are some extremely dodgy photos of me from my school days that will never see the light of day.

lukey · Mon 15 Dec, 2008 11.10

I find the idea of leaving any sort of legacy a little bit off-putting, because so far there really hasn't been all that much to celebrate, and extrapolating that paints a fairly bleak picture for however long I have left.
I am however, reminded of...

aeonsource · Mon 15 Dec, 2008 12.17

lukey wrote:I find the idea of leaving any sort of legacy a little bit off-putting, because so far there really hasn't been all that much to celebrate, and extrapolating that paints a fairly bleak picture for however long I have left.
I am however, reminded of...

I see your a emo(not an Emu :p)

lukey · Mon 15 Dec, 2008 12.44

Urgh, how vulgar.