People die all of the time, and eventually everyone will die. And when we die all that people have of us are memories, they remember our personalities, the things we do, our best friends, the parties, the fun and laughter, even the hate and anger. How one presents themselves to others determines how they will be remembered, if they are remembered at all. Many people aren’t even remembered, or at least they don’t think they are remembered. Some of these people try not to be remembered, it is just too much stress. In my opinion there are a few things i want to be remembered for and a few reasons as to why i do not want to be remembered at all. I want to be remembered by my childhood, how i grew up. When i was young I made friends with every child that came upon me. When i was younger I was not afraid to meet people and hangout with new strangers. Although I can make friends now and meet new people it's harder now more frustration, more scary. People now are more judgemental more harsh than when we were kids. They have more to say other than let's find rolly pollies. So I were to be remembered for anything it would hopefully be that at least in my childhood i was fine with people and could have a conversation with new people everyday. …show more content…
I have always tried to help people no matter who they are. If someone ever came up to me i would not turn away from them unless i truly had no way of helping whether it was advice, money, a ride, or a friend. I have also always tried to make myself available for my friends who i know are going through a hard time. Even though i might know that they will not come to me because we may not be too close anymore. So yes, if i were to die i would like people to remember as someone who was there and tried to help even if we were not that close, to remember i tried being there for
At one point in all of our lives, there will come a time where we will all die. For some of us, this will happen sooner than others, but commonality between it all will be that we will all die. The famous and powerful will be remembered, while most of us will eventually be forgotten. If I could ask you the question, if you could be remember for the next one thousand years after your death, how would you like to be remembered? For some they have no control over this question. For them, they will be remembered for the actions they have already been committed. For some this is a good thing or a bad thing. For example, the Egyptian Pharaoh, Ramses II, who wanted to be remembered as the king above kings, has now gone down in history for infamous ruler. His statues and monuments have crumbled, such as his remembrance has. In the poem “Ozymandias” by Percy Shelly describes many important messages that we of today’s society could learn from.
• This quote is significant because of my experiences with people passing away. The careful wording and language you speak leaves a significant mark on one’s heart. Describing the process of death is extremely agonizing even when funerals are formal and well planned out events. The ceremony is filled with tears and pain, words cannot fully describe exactly what it feels like. All we can hope for is for them to have a good afterlife.
Death is a concept that people find hard to accept. You keep asking yourself “what if” as if it’s going to make your loved one come back. “What if I had been there? What if someone had talked him out of it? What if…?” You always ask yourself these questions, but never get an answer. I find myself still asking these questions even though I know they will never be answered. Death takes the ones we love the most too soon. Unfortunately, I know this feeling all too well.
I don’t know what I plan on doing with my life, so I guess I just want my legacy to be that I’m a good person, and that I helped people. I want to be remembered as someone who accomplished things, or even just something. I want to be someone with a life worth living.
Death is part of the circle of life and it's the end of your time on earth; the end of your time with your family and loved ones. Nobody wants to die, leaving their family and missing the good times your loved ones will have once you pass on. In the Mercury Reader, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross “On the Fear of Death” and Joan Didion “Afterlife” from The Year of Magical Thinking” both share common theses on death and grieving. Didion and Kübler-Ross both explain grieving and dealing with death. Steve Jobs commencement speech for Stanford’s graduation ceremony and through personal experience jumps further into death and how I feel about it. Your time is on earth is limited one day you will die and there are many ways of grieving at the death of a loved one. I believe that the fear of death and the death of a loved one will hold you back from living your own life and the fear of your own death is selfish.
Our most significant memories are shaped by who we are and what is important to us. They are often guided by those around us, who help us to remember. Memories can be triggered by things: objects, pictures, music, tastes and smells, colors and physical feelings. To quote Cesare Pavese: “we do not remember days, we remember moments.” Shared memories connect people, create a sort of legacy. They reinforce our sense of community. One reason why memory loss due to illness or old age is so tragic is that it can distance a person from loved ones who have shared common life.
Remembrance is an integral part of our everyday lives. Both pleasant and unpleasant memories shape who we are as human beings. The definition of memory is two fold 1. “the faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information” and 2. “Something remembered from the past; a recollection” (Google Definition). The life of memory has three stages in which it is created. An event occurs in ones life it becomes encoded and stored in the brain. Following the encoding, the brain then has full access to retrieve the memory in a response to any current activity or thought. Memories are unique to each person. There are three main types of memories that are studied. An individual memory is one that is formed by his or her personal experiences. An institutional
I've never been more glad for something in my life. He would be so glad for me, I need him to be pleased with me. At whatever time I take a gander at the youngsters, I see him. Many kids, and they all help me to remember him. He would have adored them, they would have cherished him. At his burial service, everybody discussed how they didn't give him kudos for all that he did. It's decent of them to say that, yet it's past the point of no return. They can't lament how they acted on the grounds that he's dead at this point. I got so much pity. Pity that I didn't need, pity I didn't require, pity won't take him back to
Being reminded of someone's death is actually a good thing because death informs life. Leaving a legacy is really about life and living. It helps people decide the kind of life they want to live, and the kind of person they want to be in the world during their lifetime. They also want to have a lasting effect on people so their actions are never forgotten by others for the good of things. Everyday someone is leaving a legacy on the earth before their gone.
Identity-“Ones personal qualities.”Identiy is something only he or she can fully define. My uncle says I am affectionate,cheerful, and calm. My grandmother sees me as slim, pretty and sweet. My dad described me as perky, cheerful and happy, my mom says beautiful, gentle, and self-conscious. These adjectives describe me accurately, yet they are only abstract versions of me. Adjectives cannot begin to describe me and I aknowlege these descriptions for what they are, a condensed translation from my outward self to the world. It is impossible for anyone to understand me completely because nobody has experienced the things I have. My mother has never cherished a raggedy doll named Katie and my father never spent hours upon hours making collages and scrap books for his future children. My uncle never hid in the back of a pick-up-truck and traveled four hours to New York and my grandmother has never walked hours in the rain looking for the Queen of England. My identity is something only I can define.
I am put on Earth with billions of others, and I will find my purpose and where I am supposed to go. Eventually I will crash into the shore, but in doing so I will give back to future generations. Everything happens in a cycle and everyone dies eventually. So I cannot think of why to be sorrowful and dwell on the fact you will no longer be living when you have had a joyous life and made your impact on two people, a hundred, a thousand, or the
Everybody starts off with a story and it could be good or bad. Depeneding on who you are people will remember the good and the bad of you. What I I want to be remembered by is by having a good spirit and sometimes have bad attitude. I want to be remembered by girl always having on makeup and fixing it in class and doing my hair. Because I’m a very high maintenance person. I want to be remembered for having the love of starbucks and knowing when I don’t get any I’ll be in a bad mood. I want to be remembered as being a silly person and wanting to have some fun every now and then. I want be remembered as the girl who always likes nice and expensive things and that I’m very spoiled. I want to be remembered as the girl with the mean mug and the
I don’t know where to start in my quest for being remembered. Everyday I wake up, take a shower, get dressed, brush my teeth, and do whatever I have planned for the day. That’s certainly nothing to be remembered for, but it is only how I begin my day.
Death is the one aspect of life that every human will have to face. Most people fear death and view it as a bad thing, but it is only natural. Some may view death as a blessing, curse, or a new beginning. Some religions believe in a harmonious or terrible place after death; Heaven and Hell. Others teach the cycle of reincarnation where souls are continuously reborn until achieving the perfect nirvana. Although all religions differ on their views after death, the main goal is the same; live a good life. Whether living a good life will get you into heaven or one of the six realms, it is the goal of the individual to live a life that will get them to a virtuous place after death. I believe that people fear death not because of pain or suffering, but because we are unaware of what will happen afterwards.
... to spend some time with my friends also as my friends will also be of my age at that time and they will understand me the best. One day I have to die, as death is a natural process but after dying my real legacy would be my values to my children and my grandchildren. I want that when I die, my children and society remember me as a good person who was always able to act upon her values. As children also learn from their parents so I want my children to get a treasure of good values from me, so that my values could help them to handle various situations in life. I want them to remember with a feeling of proud for me. I want to end my life in such a way that I complete all my purposes for which I have born on this earth as we all have got only one life, so it is really precious, that’s why I want to end my life meaningfully and worthwhile.