WHAT WE CAN'T TAKE TO HEAVEN



“Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.”

Muhammad Ali


How do we define the word ‘Legacy’?

I think, a simple definition can be: “Everything good that we leave behind when we die.” 

Lots of wealth and property that we leave behind for charity is definitely our Legacy. But, then, not many of us are in a position to do that. The noble deeds  we do when we are alive -  our selfless service to society – is surely counted as our Legacy. I, often, think about my relentless blogging, publications and other work towards young kids and quietly tell myself, “Hey, that will be your Legacy.”

Feels good? Oh, yes… It does. I am a human after all, you see… Even in our so-called ‘noble, selfless deeds’, we do conceal some amount of our selfishness… Well, at least, I do, Sir.

And, be that as it may…



I would like to mention here a very thoughtful, noble and progressive deed my friend Hitesh Rupani and his family chose to do, two days ago, when their father Mr. Narendra M. Rupani (76) passed away. Here is the what my friend and his family conveyed to their near and dear ones:

“Transforming a painful departure into an opportunity to try and give a gift of life to those in need.”

 



Ekansh Gautam says, “Be useful when alive… Be more useful when dead.”

Scores of lines, on organ donation, come before me…“Let someone see through your eyes what you have seen.”… “Let your donated organ be someone’s missing piece.”… and this:

“Don’t take your organs to heaven with you. Heaven knows we need them here.”



I had started with the question: “How do we define the word ‘Legacy’?

Hope, there is one more definition in what my friend’s family has just chosen to do… The beneficiaries of those organs will ‘Live in Peace’… And, when they say “Rest in Peace” to the departed soul, it, most certainly, will…

 

GERALD D’CUNHA

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Video: Andre Rieu

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