00:00Hey friends, welcome to today's video. Today is going to be the greatest day of your life.
00:07You know, I want to tell you a story today. It's a story that was shared to me by somebody that I truly love and care about.
00:14And now I want to share this message with you.
00:17You know, imagine for a moment, Ben, a young rabbi, has just arrived in town.
00:24His very first duty is one of the most somber responsibilities a rabbi can have, a funeral service.
00:31Now Albert, the man being honored, lived into his 80s but passed without a single living relative.
00:38Ben, having never met Albert, paused from his sermon to open the floor to offer the congregation a chance to share something kind, something memorable about the man's life.
00:53The silence was deafening. Gently, Ben asked again.
00:58Many of you knew Albert for years. Surely someone can say something nice.
01:04After a long, uncomfortable pause, a voice finally rose from the back of the room and said,
01:11Well, his brother was worse.
01:14Now think about that for a moment. If you were to leave this world tomorrow, what would people say about you?
01:22Would you feel proud of the life you lived, of the choices you made, of the people you touched?
01:29You know, we often get so caught up in the chase, chasing deadlines, chasing success, chasing approval,
01:37that we forget to ask ourselves the most important question.
01:41What is the legacy I'm leaving behind?
01:45And, you know, few of us would be satisfied if our only legacy were things like,
01:50she always got what she wanted, or he never missed a deadline.
01:55You know, we yearn for something deeper as human beings, something that resonates long after we've gone.
02:02What will they say about the kindness you showed, the love you shared, or the lives you made just a little brighter because you were in them?
02:13There's an old saying, if you want to know how to live your life, think about what you'd like people to say after you die,
02:21and live backwards from there.
02:24You know, we earn our eulogies with the choices we make every single day.
02:29And Rabbi Harold Kushner once wrote,
02:32Our souls are not hungry for fame, comfort, wealth, or power.
02:38Our souls are hungry for meaning, for the sense that we figured out how to live so that our lives matter,
02:45so that the world will be at least a little different for our having passed through it.
02:52And that's where we're all, that's what we're all really searching for, isn't it?
02:57Meaning, to know that the world is a little bit better, a little bit brighter, because we were in it.
03:05And today, as you go back into your life, into your routines, into your interactions, into your everyday moments,
03:15I ask you to ask yourself, how am I leaving my mark?
03:20And what am I doing that matters?
03:23Because when the time comes for somebody to stand and say something about your life,
03:28let it be something that makes the world stop for a moment.
03:32Something that speaks to the goodness and love you left behind.
03:38This is how we live a life that matters.
03:43You know what? You matter.
03:46And I care about you, and I believe in you.
03:49And I know if anybody in this world is worth goodness and compassion, it assuredly is you.
03:58Share with others around you that goodness and compassion.
04:02Be good to those you love.
04:04There's a magic in the world that will come your way, and I can't explain this magic.
04:09But when you do good in the world, do good for those around you, good comes into your life.
04:16And better circumstances and more abundance will come your way assuredly.
04:23I believe in you. I'm going to be back tomorrow with some more great things,
04:28and some things to keep us thinking.
04:30Because you know what? When we're thinking, we're putting ourselves in the best position possible
04:36to achieve the goals and dreams and desires we have for this life.
04:41I'll see you tomorrow, friends. Take care.
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