Your Legacy

I saw an interview where the actress, Andie McDowell, talked about her first movie role. The director did not like her voice, so after everything was filmed he hired Glenn Close to voiceover 100% of Andie's speaking in the movie.

What is worse, the director didn't even tell Andie what he'd done; she learned of it when she first saw the movie!

Andie said she was so hurt she that wanted to give up and never act again.

But then she thought about how one day she would be a parent.

She did not want her daughters to tell their friends that their mother used to be a model who once acted in one movie, but they voiced over her part so she quit.

She decided she needed to improve herself and keep trying so she would have a better legacy than that.

Have you thought about your own legacy?

I'm pretty sure you have suffered hardships and injustices, and you are 100% right: it's not fair.

Nevertheless, don't cast yourself as the victim in your own life story!

Instead, write your role as the person who overcame injustice and adversity with courage, persistence, grace, and gratitude —

And rose above darkness that sought your soul.

I know that's not easy. I can speak from personal experience that we can hurt so much and for so long that we start to wonder if pain is the new normal now.

But even in times such as these, please remember that it's our day-to-day choices that define us, not our circumstances.

Your legacy is yours to write. Your legacy is YOUR legacy.

So please! Improve yourself and keep trying.

Thanks for listening.