I’ve found myself attending a string of funerals of late for people I’ve held dear…and at my age, that trend will only continue.
Funerals can certainly elicit lots of layers of thoughts and emotions. There’s nothing like a funeral to prompt a reflective look back and some fast-forward wondering: remembering this beloved person’s impact on me and wondering who might be sitting at my funeral/memorial someday, reflecting on my impact on them.
All of this yielded a related check-in question at a recent Maestro-level leader retreat: Who is someone you credit with investing in your life and leadership, and who’s life/leadership are you currently investing in?
It’s good and worthwhile to have a lens on both…and the cascading impact of our lives in the context of those before and those coming after. We stand in a long line of grandchildren’s grandchildren and pay it forward to a long line that extends into the future.
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