Topic: Just what kind of legacy are you going to leave behind?

[bill440cars]

OK guys, you won.
I never liked to post photos in the net.
Privacy, you know. But this threat deserves it.
Here they go.
She's the CB400F, 1975 and in very good shape.
He's my legacy. Gabriel is two years old, and the reason to everything.
My legacy to him?
I hope integrity. Just it.

Cute bike. Cuter kid!

        Ditto!!                                     Later on, Bill

[sparty]

Unfortunately, my wife and I can’t have children.  I often worried that we would leave no legacy behind, but in my line of work – education – I have the ultimate opportunity to leave behind many legacies.  I have been teaching and coaching for ten years and have had the opportunity to mentor and inspire thousands of teenagers.  I approach every school day with my students’ futures in mind.  They look to me for guidance, answers to real life problems, knowledge of the world around them, and a way to achieve their goals.  This may sound mushy, but I care deeply for them.  We often hear that kids have it too easy these days, but I disagree.  Many are growing up in divorced families, they have few role models, and they lack authority figures who truly understand the pressures they face.  Because of this, they often lack initiative, respect across many levels, and a solid work ethic.  I can go on and on about this, but I digress.  Hopefully, those of you that can have a family realize your enormous responsibilities to your children.  Teach them from the start about love, respect, attitude, trust, friendship, kindness, generosity, failure, and what it means to earn something through hard work and determination.  Most of all, don’t teach them to make excuses for any of the above.

Sparty

[nickjtc]

Unfortunately, my wife and I can’t have children.  I often worried that we would leave no legacy behind, but in my line of work – education – I have the ultimate opportunity to leave behind many legacies.  I have been teaching and coaching for ten years and have had the opportunity to mentor and inspire thousands of teenagers.  I approach every school day with my students’ futures in mind.  They look to me for guidance, answers to real life problems, knowledge of the world around them, and a way to achieve their goals.  This may sound mushy, but I care deeply for them.  We often hear that kids have it too easy these days, but I disagree.  Many are growing up in divorced families, they have few role models, and they lack authority figures who truly understand the pressures they face.  Because of this, they often lack initiative, respect across many levels, and a solid work ethic.  I can go on and on about this, but I digress.  Hopefully, those of you that can have a family realize your enormous responsibilities to your children.  Teach them from the start about love, respect, attitude, trust, friendship, kindness, generosity, failure, and what it means to earn something through hard work and determination.  Most of all, don’t teach them to make excuses for any of the above.

Sparty

Good thoughts, Sparty. Now, make sure you roll up to school on the bike on a regular basis so the kids can see what a real classy motorcycle looks like.

[BobbyR]

Unfortunately, my wife and I can’t have children.  I often worried that we would leave no legacy behind, but in my line of work – education – I have the ultimate opportunity to leave behind many legacies.  I have been teaching and coaching for ten years and have had the opportunity to mentor and inspire thousands of teenagers.  I approach every school day with my students’ futures in mind.  They look to me for guidance, answers to real life problems, knowledge of the world around them, and a way to achieve their goals.  This may sound mushy, but I care deeply for them.  We often hear that kids have it too easy these days, but I disagree.  Many are growing up in divorced families, they have few role models, and they lack authority figures who truly understand the pressures they face.  Because of this, they often lack initiative, respect across many levels, and a solid work ethic.  I can go on and on about this, but I digress.  Hopefully, those of you that can have a family realize your enormous responsibilities to your children.  Teach them from the start about love, respect, attitude, trust, friendship, kindness, generosity, failure, and what it means to earn something through hard work and determination.  Most of all, don’t teach them to make excuses for any of the above.

Sparty

Sparty, as a former VP of a Board of Education you are a rare breed of teacher. In your career you will touch the lives of thousands of kids. That is a damn good legacy if you ask me.

[Saddlewarmer]

what is a legacy? each of us has our own idea of it, and none of them is wrong. my legacy is carrying on what i was taught by a old man in my book, my grandfather. i was tajght to work hard, relax hard, treat others with respect that i also wanted, judge no one until i knew for sure if the judgement was right, take care of my family to the best of my ability, help others when at all possible, give all that i could, no matter how little it seemed, to accept charity and help when needed, but decline when not or pass the charity on, to help take care of others lesser than me, to stand up for myself and others, to do what is required at the moment no matter what the cost or consequences if it is right, to care for animals first before myself that are in my care, and many more lessons to numerous to mention that hopefully make me a good man today. i will attempt to pass theses on to my kids and others around me, i don't always succeed. my grandfather was a cowboy at heart, and taught me to be one. i have done many kinds of work in my life and always return to the cowboy line of work, its hard, rough, and has few rewards to some.  i have a second chance to raise kids again( 2 and 6 year old girls) and hope i can give them all they need and more. my wife, i love dearly, and fight and make love with her. but she is my partner and friend, and i hope it can stay that way. nuff said!

[ElCheapo]

These are all awsome responses.. Sparty, you get to reach out to hundreds and leave a piece of legacy that will reach to all parts of the world eventually. Now that is cool.

Just wanted to say that I got the response I needed from AZ... Grandpa came out of surgery just fine. I guess his twin angio plasti went better than text book. He was out of surgery in less time than they had quoted. Tonight he rests adn well as the rest of the family now. 

As part of his legacy he asked that recieve his trains. When I say trains, this is something that I enjoyed very much as a child with Grandpa. This is hundreds of trains. Like I could set up trains in all parts of the house, interconnect them, and still have boxes that I had yet to open. This was the only thing of his I ever wanted in the event that Grandpa passed away. He gave up trains many years ago after his eyes began to fail him and they have since sat at my uncles house, so now it is my turn.