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A Sense of Your Self

Good ideas go beyond your 
lifetime. It's the best way to 
leave our world your state of mind: 
words that say who you are--words 
that will reach those near and far. 

Share the truth as you see it; 
tell others how to be it. Tell of 
all the things you went through 
to do what you had to do. 

Let the world know how you feel, 
tell them what you did to be for 
real, give them the low down, tell 
them the deal. Perhaps someone 
else has to take your path. Leave 
cues that catch them up fast. 

It's almost like leaving the world 
your deed about what to do and 
how to lead. Finally, what you did may 
help make the world a better place, 
which means your life would not have 
been a waste. 

People may not know your name, 
and it may not get you fortune or 
fame, but what it will do is this: 
somebody somewhere will know 
that once did you exist. 

So pick up your pen and paper and write 
it. When you leave, it will still be around. 
A daily write will help you see the kind 
of person you have come to be. That's the 
other benefit you would have left: others 
will know you had a sense of your self.

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