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9/5/2018 7:18pm
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Kinda struggled with this over the years. Grew up racing my whole life. Qualified for some nationals. Then one day at my peak Hard Stop due to non moto related illness. Met my future wife towards the end of this period 1998'ish)
Fast forward several years, graduated college. Got married to my girl. Have 4 children between 9-2 years age.
Have a really good job. Very little debt. Enjoy life. But something seems always missing...
Always felt like I could never answer the question of "Who am I". Another way to put it is "what do you want to be remembered by".
First and foremost, my family and my kids are my everything. So "who am I" is a loving father who would do anything for my kids. My family is my life.
Then I started thinking about how can I be a better father, a better husband, a better man. How can I make my kids to be better then what I am. Not by possessions owned, success gained.
Just curious if anyone has ever struggled with these answers.
So my question is, "What do you want people to remember you by."?
No wrong answers. Just an open discussion.
Fast forward several years, graduated college. Got married to my girl. Have 4 children between 9-2 years age.
Have a really good job. Very little debt. Enjoy life. But something seems always missing...
Always felt like I could never answer the question of "Who am I". Another way to put it is "what do you want to be remembered by".
First and foremost, my family and my kids are my everything. So "who am I" is a loving father who would do anything for my kids. My family is my life.
Then I started thinking about how can I be a better father, a better husband, a better man. How can I make my kids to be better then what I am. Not by possessions owned, success gained.
Just curious if anyone has ever struggled with these answers.
So my question is, "What do you want people to remember you by."?
No wrong answers. Just an open discussion.
Also, go watch Pixar’s Coco on Netflix.
I used to want to be known, or remembered, but now i just live for fun times with my partner, child and mates,
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• Tyler Durden
I hope to live to be 100 the way healthcare will be by the time I’m in my 60’s (40 years from now) but like I said, life’s so unpredictable. I just hope that when I’m on my deathbed I don’t have any regrets, and that I can truely look back and say “I enjoyed life and don’t regret a thing.” Go into an old folks home and talk to a lot of elderly folks, you will see a lot of regret in their eyes, they will say “I wish I wish I wish” and that is truely one of the saddest things, because when you’re 85+ years old, it’s too late, you can’t do anything about it, you can only dwell in your regret.
I hope that if anything, I’m remembered by my kids and family and friends as an extremely positive and happy fun loving guy, who truely enjoyed life and didn’t care what anyone thought about him. When I go to a funeral and I hear people talking about how “great of a guy and how awesome and fun loving” someone was, even after they’re are gone, it still puts a smile on everyone’s face just thinking about them. That’s how I want to be remembered.
Just be lucky that you don't strangle yourself with a neck tie while jerking off , you know how those guys get remembered, no matter what they accomplish, they're always the dude that died while jerking off.
FATHER. HUSBAND. MUSICIAN. SPORTSMAN.
In 100 years or less, nobody will care.
PS- Effing rad, Randy.
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Latest booking for the CBS Series One Dollar filming in Pittsburgh
Great responses from everyone. Interesting to read. I'll likely never be remembered for anything on a large scale.
I do hope my family will say first and foremost that I was a follower of Jesus Christ and raised my kids with Christ at the center of our family. Secondly, that I was a good father and loving husband. And third, that we had a heck of a lot of fun as a family.
Faith and Fun.
Cheers.
When my Dad died I realized how much disappears when someone goes- all those experiences, knowledge and lessons learned. You could never write it all down or put it all in a museum. Then I try to hold on to memories, and you realize 99% of experiences you have with a person are forgotten- as years pass you memory of them grows smaller and smaller.
I know that the day I die, life on Earth will keep on rolling right on with hardly a blip, and people will think about it briefly and get on with their lives. That's true even of the people close to us, for the most part. But I think death is a natural part of life so there is no reason to fear it.
Someday i would like to write a book, but im not sure how much of it could be published lol
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