We imagine legacy as a monument: a moment, a milestone, a headline. In practice it is sediment — thin layers of ordinary decisions pressed together over decades.
The people who leave something durable behind are usually not the people who were performing for posterity. They were faithful to a direction long enough for the direction to become visible to others.
Which means legacy is not a late-life project. It is this week's calendar, this week's conversations, this week's refusals.
Purpose isn't a destination. It's a journey — and legacy is simply the trail it leaves.
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