How would you like to be remembered (Motivational Story)

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About a hundred years ago, a man looked at the morning newspaper and to his surprise and horror, read his name in the obituary column. The news papers had reported the death of the wrong person by mistake. His first response was shock. Am I here or there? When he regained his composure, his second thought was to find out what people had said about him. The obituary read, “Dynamite King Dies.” And also “He was the merchant of death.” This man was the inventor of dynamite and when he read the words “merchant of death,” he asked himself a question, “Is this how I am going to be remembered?” He got in touch with his feelings and decided that this was not the way he wanted to be remembered. From that day on, he started working toward peace. His name was Alfred Nobel and he is remembered today by the great Nobel Prize.

Just as Alfred Nobel got in touch with his feelings and redefined his values, we should step back and do the same.

What is your legacy?

How would you like to be remembered?

Will you be spoken well of?

Will you be remembered with love and respect?

Will you be missed?

Posted by sangeeta, 3rd January 2014

11 Comments

- - kozack said
  - 17 Apr 2016
    9:59 pm
never knew that story,really gets you thinking.

- - Kell said
  - 08 Jun 2015
    7:05 pm
Wow that is a motivational story.

- - luckymom said
  - 19 Feb 2015
    7:41 pm
now that’s something to think about

- - mom103936 said
  - 13 Jan 2015
    11:39 am
I hope i am remembered as being the best person i can be. I try and help others so i hope i am remembered not as being a bad person but a helpful person.

- - coppin85 said
  - 31 May 2014
    2:12 pm
this is quite inspiring

- - fatheroffaprincess said
  - 31 Mar 2014
    8:05 pm
thanks for sharing this great story

- - yyon4699 said
  - 31 Mar 2014
    3:36 pm
to be honest, I dont really care if i will be remembered or being a legacy. It means nothing once you are dead. I just want to live life to the fullest whiel ALIVE
- mom57522 replied
  
  10 Jan 2015 , 8:27 am
  Live life while you can.
- - yyon4699 said
  - 30 Mar 2014
    6:21 pm
Great story! Thanks for sharing.

- - yoyo70 said
  - 18 Mar 2014
    1:55 pm
This is so true. We should all live our lives as though we’re going to die tomorrow, and we wanted to be remembered for the good, not the bad! Thank you for sharing, I enjoyed this

- - scarlette said
  - 03 Jan 2014
    12:54 pm
Good moral story, should be retold more often….