WHAT LEGACY ARE WE LEAVING BEHIND?

What will people say when you are gone? I will say this to you… never forget yesterday, but always have love for today. Why? Because we never know what tomorrow may bring or if tomorrow will ever come for us or our loved ones, enjoy every moment – don’t take it for granted.

I think every person on this earth should be thinking about what are they leaving behind attached to their name.

What will be said at your eulogy? As I climb up the ladder of age comes wisdom. This question is more in the front of my mind than anything else. I want my children to know what my passions in life are and why I fought so hard to help women and our youth today.

Because I knew all I wanted out of life was HOPE that I can make it out of the hood that despite our environment – with a masterplan and belief of oneself, all is possible.

What’s the point of having life changing experiences if you are unable to share it? If it wasn’t for some of these inspiring prophets such as Marcus Garvey (My Great Great Uncle), Bob Marley, Rosa Parks, Harriet Tubman, Martin Luther King, and Malcom X (of course the list goes on), I don’t know where I would be. Through their journey and life experiences, reading their stories gave me belief of the word HOPE. They had a vision and they allowed nothing and no one to stand in their way of living their TRUTH.

In life, we will never be remembered on what our net worth was or how many material things we obtained – we will instead be remembered on how many lives we encouraged, inspired, how many people we gave our ears and lend a helping hand to when they needed HOPE. We all have a responsibility to encourage our family and our neighbors – it’s very easy to make it in life and don’t look back to where we came from.

But what if that person who helped you accelerate in life didn’t look back at you. Where would you be?

Continue to stand strong,

Andrea P. Jackson