{"id":1805,"date":"2014-02-23T19:56:58","date_gmt":"2014-02-24T00:56:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ordinarylegacy.com\/word\/?p=1805"},"modified":"2014-02-23T19:56:58","modified_gmt":"2014-02-24T00:56:58","slug":"bits-of-legacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ordinarylegacy.com\/word\/2014\/02\/23\/bits-of-legacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Bits of Legacy"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Somehow I don’t think people understand that legacy is all the little bits they leave behind.\u00a0 I’m becoming more and more aware of what I’m leaving behind but this week I had a few wonderful moments of other people leaving parts of themselves behind.<\/p>\n

My local dry cleaner is a funny, warm, interesting man.\u00a0 We have the most thought-provoking and animated conversation each time I come in.\u00a0 Frankly it\u2019s the only reason why I come in as he doesn\u2019t accept credit\/debit cards.\u00a0 It\u2019s all cash or check and it is the single only check I write anymore.\u00a0 One thing led to another during our weekly conversation and he was duly impressed that I write a blog.\u00a0 We talk nostalgia, we talk NPR, we talk crazy people and he was excited when he found out he might find a bit of all that on Ordinary Legacy. He was supportive before even reading a single line. What a credit to his warmth and personality.<\/p>\n

Then there is \u201cthe guy\u201d.\u00a0 We have a help desk for all our IT issues\/problems\/questions but\u2026they aren\u2019t really much help.\u00a0 Mostly no fault of their own as they aren\u2019t authorized to do many many many functions.\u00a0\u00a0 Greater minds than mine have figured out that this is an efficient way to operate (she said tongue firmly implanted in cheek).\u00a0 I\u2019m a pretty self-sufficient computer user but every once in a while I come across something that is unnerving\/puzzling\/aggravating\/ always when working remotely.\u00a0 It\u2019s beyond my scope of knowledge and it would require the help desk but I\u2019ve got \u201ca guy\u201d.\u00a0 I\u2019m not really sure how I found myself on the other end of a \u201ccall me directly anytime\u201d invitation but I am so grateful I did.\u00a0 I don\u2019t take advantage and I try to exhaust most avenues before I instant message him with a help me Obi Wan but there are times when I\u2019m in WTF mode and he is always helpful.\u00a0 I adore him and I tell him so.\u00a0 The thing is if he stood in front of me I wouldn\u2019t even know it. He is patient and reminds me without making me feel like the dinosaur I am that he needs to be invited into my computer to fix it.\u00a0 No snappy remarks when I say\u2026.remind me again.\u00a0 What a gem, a gentleman and a true help.\u00a0 He can\u2019t begin to know the value in that and I truly do adore him.\u00a0 Being a helpful individual leaves behind huge bits of legacy.<\/p>\n

I had a young couple to dinner on Friday night.\u00a0 He is dear to me but I was meeting her for the first time.\u00a0 Oh how I love meeting old friends for the first time<\/i><\/b>, some people are just destined to be in your life and leave behind grace, wisdom beyond their years and pragmatism.\u00a0 What an enjoyable evening filled with talk and laughter and eating and on and on.\u00a0 \u00a0What they left behind for me was the gift of their youth and the prospect of watching them grow together.<\/p>\n

Not a bad week all in all, filled with gifts from people who have no idea that they are spreading bits of themselves with legacy written all over them.\u00a0 If only they knew that these little bits could be harnessed and expanded and could cement their legacy to so many.\u00a0 The thing is do they have to know or is it better to just be who they are?\u00a0 I know like I know that time will tell, it always does.<\/p>\n

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