A month ago, my father-in-law, Norman, passed away. I knew him for almost 40 years. His celebration of life was powerful—not because it was perfect, but because it was meaningful.
And it made me think… One day, someone will stand up and talk about your life. What will they say?
What if you could read your own obituary today?
There’s a story about Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite. A newspaper accidentally published his obituary while he was still alive, calling him “the merchant of death”—a man who made his fortune by finding ways to kill more people faster than ever before.
He read it… and it shook him. He realized, this is how I will be remembered.
So, he redirected his life and went on to establish what we now know as the Nobel Peace Prize—choosing to leave a legacy of peace rather than destruction.
Here’s a question we all need to consider:
If your life were summed up today, would you be proud of what’s written? For some of us, the honest answer might be no. Maybe it wouldn’t reflect the life we hoped for… or the person we wanted to become.
But here’s the truth—we are not finished yet. The story is still being written. Moses didn’t step fully into his calling until he was 80 years old.
Which means this:
It’s not too late.
Not too late to change direction.
Not too late to forgive.
Not too late to live with purpose.
But it does require a decision.
The life you are living today is the story that will be told tomorrow. So if something needs to change—change it. Your legacy is not what you say it will be; it is defined by your choices, starting now.