It was my great grandma's 90th birthday so i paid her a visit. As i walked in and saw her sitting in her wheelchair with a smile on her face an overwhelming sense of joy came over me. I can't really explain it. It would be somewhat like acing that test you just studied for. I knocked on the open door to let her know that I am here and she turned and smiled, but she didn't remember my name and that didn't bother me.
A little later more family members showed up and some of my great granmas freinds from church came as well. She introduced her freinds to me and my family and when it came to me she still couldn't remember my name but the ont thing that surprised me the most is that she could tell her friend of every accomplishment, every event, every activity, school events, and church events that ive participated in. This absolutely amazed me! I was speechless. This woman can't even rememember her own grandsons name but she can remember events that happened 2 years ago that were told to her by somebody else. I guess this is what they mean by saying "It's not the beginning and ending dates on the tombstone that matter, it's the line between the 2."
This really had me thinking of what im doing with my life and if I am just doing it for the name or am I doing it for God. A lot of times I can get caught up in what i'm doing and do it for the name instead of doing it for a good reason. But from now on, that will no longer happen. Seeing what kind of mark we can leave on people when we do good things even though we may not notice it later has changed my perception immensly. We may not always be thanked, or congratulated, they may never remember our names ever again, but they will remember what you did for them and how you did it. Go through the world and do good deeds, people will remember. i promise.
