A Bodacious Legacy

Dear reader, ever thought of how you could never be forgotten by your family and friends? If you had, how would you do it? Jump from a 50-storey skyscraper in front of your family and friends or submit yourself to a pack of hungry wolves? If that's the case, then you will be remembered as an idiot somebody who was tore apart from limb to limb. Be a Nobel peace prize winner or be a national hero? Or just be yourself and do nothing? If you have no answer to these tormenting questions, then I advise you to close this window and quickly turn off the computer, so that you won't be consumed and be devoured by your own thoughts, literally.

If you were to ask me, I want to be remembered as somebody who left high school that was true to himself and was never ashamed of his imperfections. I am a person who is so happy-go-lucky and optimistic, a proof that I am a very confident person. I am not and will never be pessimistic in any way because I am a person who brings laughter and gaiety and not doom or despair. I want my classmates to think of me as a person full of dignity and never gave up on problems, instead, just laughed it all away or in short, brave. I was never ashamed of what I am and I am proud of it. I am unique in some way and I know that my classmates do think so too. I want to prove to them that I am an individual that will leave footprints in their hearts and I hope I could do that, and if I could, I hope it would not wash away, like footprints in the sand. Someday, when a classmate would open our yearbook and arrive at my profile, I would like to see her smile and say to herself: "I will never remember this guy because he had proved himself that he is what he really is and because he had put a mark on my heart and that is the greatest gift he had given me, friendship".

Being remembered is a great achievement in life because everything that I had done is appreciated and recognized. It isn't only honor and prestige but also gratitude because those I have left behind are thankful because I became a part of their lives. I have been there with them through all the dark and lambent times and I myself am proud of that. Being remembered is a proof that you are existing and that you have left a rubric impression on them, your friends. Jumping off a 50-storey skyscraper isn't enough to be remembered because you can only be remembered not only just by putting yourself on front of posters and books but imprinting yourself on each and every one's heart that you had met and becamse friends with. Even though your face isn't on a statue or a pedestal, be proud that your sparkling self is engraved on the memories of each and every one. That is all, for I am quite lethargic right now. Monsieur Aronnax.