"Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story"

Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story

I believe almost everyone has done a blog post with a similar topic following "Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story". Everyone has been very caught up in the "who tells your story" part of the conversation. But I think its also worth our time to examine, who lives and who dies. Not the most upbeat of subjects to talk about, but I think I got something here.

Throughout the musical Hamilton talks of doing great things and at one point wanting to be a martyr as to grab his legacy through valiance in combat. He wants there to be a legacy of himself so bad, that he is willing to die. He is committed as are many others who want to leave their mark on the world. For good or evil those who having the commitment and are willing to die will most likely leave some kind of legacy. These are the people who will die.

The people who live are one's who either have no dreams of leaving a legacy or wish to leave their legacy in a less dangerous way. While leaving your legacy the safe way is not as guaranteed, it definitely offers more choices. In this discussion it is interesting to see what people define as leaving your legacy. Some people believe having children and raising them after yourself accomplishes this, while others believe contributing something to academia or the likes will leave your legacy.

Legacy can be hard to define. Obviously! I believe it is up to each individual to decide what they were put on this earth to do. Legacy or no legacy is not for other to decide but for each and every one of to figure out for ourselves.