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Hi, this is Rob Stewart. This site is a place for us to communicate and share. Let's get started . . .
Your Life's Legacy Journal
What is your life's legacy all about?
When most people hear the word legacy, they think of their material possessions. For some, that may be an estate of great wealth or a family business. For others, their entire material legacy will consist of a cardboard box filled with a few personal items and fading photos. But rich or poor, we each have another legacy we carry deep within our hearts and minds. It’s a priceless and irreplaceable legacy, a legacy of childhood memories, wisdom and lessons learned along our life’s path.
Some of the greatest lessons I ever learned I learned from my grandfather while fishing. We would sit along the shoreline of a lake named Loraine, just below the cottage he had built with his own hands. With our lines cast out into the water and our eyes focused on the bobbers, we waited for that telltale dip that signaled a fish had taken our bait. While we sat there casting soft shadows in the early evening light, the smoke of his cigar keeping the mosquitos at bay, I would ask questions, and he would dispense wisdom. Wisdom gained along the path of his life’s journey. Some he would share in a couple of words, some in the form of stories. Those stories were always the best part of the evening, and I cherish them to this day.
Now, I ask you; when you were reading that account of the time I spent with my grandfather, didn’t it trigger memories of similar times you spent with your father, mother or grandparent? We all have them. We all have stories and family histories that our elders passed down while fishing, playing chess or sitting around the kitchen table, stories of adventure, bravery, love, and sacrifice. These stories carry
within them more true and lasting value to those we love
than any bank account ever will.
I placed sunset pictures throughout this site as a reminder that we create our legacy daily, and that our days are numbered. The sunset symbol has to do with a James Joyce short story that I read back in college. It was about a man who has reached the autumn of his life, where I now find myself. He had just been honored at a dinner for his life's many accomplishments. Joyce, being a master of symbolism, closes the story with; “The time had come for him to set out on his journey westward.” The vision is painted in the reader’s mind. Westward to where the sun sets. No matter what we do, how fast we run, the sun still races past us to close our day. From the moment we are born, we begin our journey westward into our setting sun. Therefore, at each day’s sunset, be mindful of what that day has brought you and record what it taught you, that you and those that follow, may be blessed.
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In Your Life’s Legacy Journal, you will share your values, what you believe and how you came to that belief regarding fifty-five of the critical issues of life. Things like; the purpose of life, death, hardship, persistence, hope & fear, virtue, success & failure, work, war, prejudice, love & marriage, justice, pain & sorrow, and of course, faith. For each issue, you will be provided with examples, guidance, and the inspiration needed to create your very own priceless and irreplaceable legacy journal, one that will prove more precious and valuable to your children and grandchildren than any material possession ever could. So, let's get you started . . .
Creating Your Life's Legacy Journal Starts Today
YOUR LIFE'S STORY IS WAITING TO BE TOLD. THE TIME IS NOW, DON'T PUT IT OFF FOR ANOTHER DAY.
“The greatest legacy one can pass on to one’s children, and grandchildren is not money or other material things accumulated in one’s life, but rather a legacy of character and faith.”
- Billy Graham
NO MORE EXCUSES, YOU NOW HAVE THE TOOLS TO MAKE YOUR LEGACY JOURNAL A REALITY.
Praise for Your Life's Legacy Journal
“Your Life’s Legacy Journal” is a book about family, among the best I have seen, but it is also a thought-provoking process through which the individual can become the best they can be and know precisely why. If you understand the importance of family, get this book for yourself, get it for others, but do not let it pass by; it is a gem.”
— TIM HORN, political consultant, and author of Ruling the Elite: Moving Power from the Parties to the People
“In these modern days where families are buried in their electronics with texting, games and social media, even the basics of building a bond with your children can be overwhelming and seem even impossible. With this journal, you will have the chance to communicate what is important to you and organize those thoughts and experiences. You will confidently know that you have provided a memory that is concrete and cherished.”
— ANNE McGURTY, productivity expert and author of Lost in Your Own Office
This book brings tears to my eyes. "Tears of joy" that Rob created "Your Life's Legacy Journal" so that each of us can understand the importance of sharing with loved ones our own life journey. You will love the simplified road map he shares for your creation. AND "tears of sadness" that my parents left this earth without sharing such important stories of their lives that helped weave them into the person I knew them as; Mommy or Daddy. In my mission to educate Baby Boomers, THIS book is top on my list to share with them.
— THOMESA LYDON, speaker, founder of Lydon Senior Pathways and author of "SMART-LIVING for Seniors; How to Make the Best of the Rest
