Here it is Wednesday and I haven’t done my little post for today. Can’t let that happen, so here’s a bit of something or you to ponder on…
If you were to be recognized by posterity for one thing, what would you like to be known for?
I actually could think of a few answers for this question, but the one I keep coming back to is, I would like to be known for never judging a person by their appearance.
I am so sick of living in a culture/world where we automatically assume we know a person by how they look. That is such a super shallow way to live. It totally discounts everything that goes into the makeup of a person’s character. I have a family member whose first comment about ANYONE has to do with how the person dresses, how large or small they are, do they have a physical abnormality, and on and on and on.
The one thing I know about any person for certain is there’s a story hidden inside every one of them. And if you’re the kind of person who makes certain assumptions based on appearance, you may miss a hell of a good story!
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What do YOU want to be known/remembered for?
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Impromptu Promptlings 
I love the tattoo/doctor image. When I had my shop I met all sorts of interesting characters and learnt not to judge people by their clothes, hair or body art, but there was one guy, his face was a mass of metal and ink, split tongue. the works. When we first got chatting I was uncomfortable. It was hard to attend to what he was saying and respond as I was trying hard not to stare, but after a while I got used to him and we got on really well. Another customer was the most self-harming person I’d ever met. Every visible part of her was covered in scars and crisscrossed with new wounds – including her face. I found her easy to talk to, but what I wanted to do was hug her. When she walked away I had to blink away tears.
What would I like to be remembered for? Learning my lessons.
What do I think I’ll be remembered for? Being a Weeble. Weebles wobble but they don’t fall down..
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Weebles! I’ve called myself that on here several times lately. We can be weebles together! (You have a lot of interesting people you can write about!)
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That’ll be perfect! I’m tired of weebling alone 🙂 to the strange people I know. We Brits are known for our stiff upper lip (whatever that is) but I think what stands out most is our craziness 🙂
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Crazy? You? Never! Intuitive…
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I love my WP friends – the only folk who don’t think I’m crazy 🙂
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Wow! What a question! That’s a good one. The phrasing catches me by surprise and helps me be more honest. I’d like to be remembered for kindness, but you know, the funny thing is, I think writing is what will help me get there, because it’s a way of being kind to me, and I can’t be kind to others if i can’t be kind to me. And you know what – I want to be remembered for kindness because that’s harder than writing! At least for me. And I want to be remembered for something that I’ve worked for, that I’ve allowed life to teach me, that I’ve had to truly engage with to achieve. Hmmmm I’m going to be thinking about this all day! Thank you 🙂 Blessings, Harula x
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“I want to be remembered for something that I’ve worked for, that I’ve allowed life to teach me, that I’ve had to truly engage with to achieve.” That is such an awesome thought, Harula. I think of your leading your writing workshops, and maybe it’s just because I’m a journaler, but I know the freedom and joy that can bring to a person’s life, not to mention the discoveries there are to be made through it. You are giving people tools that will serve them well the rest of their life. That’s one!!! 😀
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Wow Cheryl – that is so difficult. I think I would like to be known as someone who cared a lot and tried to do something about it.
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It’s the doing something about it that is the tricky part, isn’t it, because we often don’t know what to do. Bran and I have talked about how we must find ways to move from just blogging, tweeting, etc. about things and actually doing something. Just getting information about organizations and programs that are out there to be involved in takes a huge effort, doesn’t it…
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I’d like to be known for my art and my writing–and have both be seen as a positive force in the world. I do, however, also agree totally with your choice.
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I hear ya, Judy, about the art and writing. I’ve thought quite a bit about all the stuff I’ve written or cross stitched over the years. The cross stitches may get handed down for a time, but the writings? Seriously doubt that. It’s interesting to think about how such things can express the essence of who we are and yet others probably don’t see that.
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I’m wondering what happens to blogs when one dies. Surely they can’t keep them all operational.
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I’ve wondered that, too. I’ve made arrangements to have my family shut mine down after posting a note as to the reason. They also have a list of epals to contact.
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