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[ESC]What We Leave Behind
What is left of a person once they are gone? Not the soul, or heaven, or reincarnation, or whatever you do or do not believe waits for us on the far side. Not the body either, the slow patient chemistry of what happens to us in the ground (which is described in hilarious detail in Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach, and one I highly recommend). Something more important is left behind, both for us and for those in the future who might find the impact of our lives: the things that leave a marker, that state "I was here".
I think a lot of us think about what we are worth, our purpose, and what we leave behind. I've read into this a little and accumulated thoughts on it throughout personal journals, and here I pull together my thoughts.
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