Comments on: The trail behind http://www.topofthemountains.net/2006/07/06/the-trail-behind/ "Hitch your wagon to a star." —Ralph Waldo Emerson Tue, 07 Oct 2008 09:22:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0 by: Ben http://www.topofthemountains.net/2006/07/06/the-trail-behind/#comment-3060 Thu, 03 Aug 2006 14:51:27 +0000 http://www.topofthemountains.net/2006/07/06/the-trail-behind/#comment-3060 Thanks. :) A few years ago (I can't remember when), I was reading about some awesome people who'd done many great things, and I thought to myself, "I want to be like them." Then I realized I <i>can</i>. It's up to me what I do with my life -- nobody can keep me from greatness. (I suppose it works even if one is looking for worldly greatness instead of godly greatness.) And so I started changing my life, and while I still have a long way to go, I look at who I've become compared to who I was, and I'm pleased. And energized to keep on going. There will indeed be many other <a href="http://www.blankslate.net/music/mymusic.php" rel="nofollow">legacies I leave behind</a>. (See the first song listed, "Will I Leave a Legacy?") Thanks. :) A few years ago (I can’t remember when), I was reading about some awesome people who’d done many great things, and I thought to myself, “I want to be like them.” Then I realized I can. It’s up to me what I do with my life — nobody can keep me from greatness. (I suppose it works even if one is looking for worldly greatness instead of godly greatness.)

And so I started changing my life, and while I still have a long way to go, I look at who I’ve become compared to who I was, and I’m pleased. And energized to keep on going. There will indeed be many other legacies I leave behind. (See the first song listed, “Will I Leave a Legacy?”)

]]> by: Ryan http://www.topofthemountains.net/2006/07/06/the-trail-behind/#comment-2964 Sun, 30 Jul 2006 07:08:36 +0000 http://www.topofthemountains.net/2006/07/06/the-trail-behind/#comment-2964 Look at what you have done--and what you are leaving! You will yet leave many things on this earth, I am sure, that are seen as very valuable for future generations . . . Look at what you have done–and what you are leaving! You will yet leave many things on this earth, I am sure, that are seen as very valuable for future generations . . .

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