Making A Difference
A little late to the table but today I discovered a quote by Nikita Gill which truly resonated to my core. It is an age old question most people who have reached a certain age or plateau may have floated across their minds.
I am stuck in my own pit of idealism, believing profoundly in the idea that one person who makes a difference will not be overlooked nor forgotten. Yet, life in its boundless rotations around the sun has shown me that isn’t reality. It is more factual to state, “Out of sight, Out of mind”. ~Aristotle.
In my wildest imagination it never occurred to me that all the people I assisted, helped, substituted for, cared about, saved, fed, worked with and for, would forget me after I retired. However, they did. Once I was not on the Campus any longer the heavy iron door closed for good. It was an abrupt movement and to this day, 11 years later, I still wonder every so often, what caused that shut out. I’ve wracked my brain, but found nothing remotely grievous in my words, actions nor thoughts to have caused it. I think less and less about it as time moves forward, so this quote today by Nikita Gill forced me to think once more, asking myself, “What could I have done differently to be remembered?”. “Will I ever be able to make a difference to leave as my legacy of a common life?”. Reality tells me I won’t, but idealistically the anchor of hope keeps me stagnant.
~ Kathy Napoli