Your presence

Well, I'm getting ready to leave work and just wanted to comment briefly on this mornings post. While listening to the radio news, there where several stories regarding the Virginia Tech incident. One story began to focus on the lives that where touched by those who passed away. Basically, memories told by friends and the like. And that got me to thinking. While the media wraps its little finger around us, we tend to think of how a persons life affects others when a tragedy of this nature happens or when someone close leaves us. Perhaps some of you think about this when hearing stories about innocents lost via a criminal act or losses due to the war in Iraq. Again, most likely when we see or hear a media blurb.

While this is a depressing figure, it got me to questioning how many people actively think about how THEY affect other people. How the positive (or negative) actions WE take affect those around us and how we might be remembered when we cease to exist. For it seems as if one's presence is only truly appreciated when we can no longer experience what they had to offer.