What Would You Be Remembered For.....

What would you be remembered for...

   I have just finished reading Deeidei Adu's 'Oh love that won't let me go...' again. Surprisingly, though I had read it before I cried each time I flipped through  the pages.

   She had been battling with Lam, an incurable disease and had been writing down her experiences. Hoping to be cured completely, she kept writing it all down awaiting her final miracle to publish her book. Her own healing had just come in a different way: in death.

   Though I found that a bit awkward, one thing is clear, she had craved for her healing and was confident that it would happen. Thus she kept at it.  Obviously she was a woman who thought every experience was worth writing down if her book should sell one day.

   Why would you keep writing a book hoping to conclude it  only when you were healed despite the long wait? Couldn't she have just gone ahead and finished writing the last chapter expressing the hope of being healed one day instead of waiting forever?

   Deeidei's battle with lam; her long wait to get healed; and her preparations towards writing her final chapter could be likened to the experience of the children of Israel in the Bible when they had to cross the red sea. There they were, faced with the red sea. Yet, there was no room for retreat because according to Pharaoh of Egypt, God was a poor general who left no room for retreat.

   Yes! because crossing the red sea was an obvious impossibility and turning back was not an option either because behind them was Pharaoh’s army, giving the Egyptian king that false sense of security, believing that  his people were ready for battle.

   Yet God proved himself a poor general to Pharaoh (perhaps, God proved that Pharaoh rather fitted the description of a bad general)  as he (God) bids his children move in  only one  direction; forward. He parted the red sea for the children of Israel  and yet closed it on  Pharaoh and his people.

    It's simple, keep walking because giving up is not an option in life. Whatever it is you are called to do; whether to lead or to offer community service...whatever race it is you are called to run in; whether it is a marathon or a sprint; keep running never give up. Even if it's a deadly disease, keep fighting till he beckons you home.

   Whilst still here on earth, let’s strive to make at least, a small dot in life. In the end, it is what we do, what we stand for and the footprints that we leave behind that  would be our memorial.

   How would you want to be remembered? What would you want to be remembered for?  Deeidei left behind, a few chapters with just one to conclude her book. Her death was described as the healing she had so much desired because she had battled for years so even in death for her; she could not lose. She had someone write the final chapter to make a complete book and today people like me can read and get inspired.

   What about us, are you done with the book you are called to write...Would it be easy for another person to conclude it for you in case you are unable to do it in person...

    Life is a book we are writing, every year we get to write a chapter. Wishing you all the best as you write each page to compile each chapter for the legacy you would leave behind.
What would you be remembered for...