Maybe I am young enough to not care about death just yet. But, it is quite interesting to observe how the older a person gets, the more desperate they get to define their legacy. What you gonna leave behind?
If a person is a head of state, or a nobel prize winner, or an accomplished artist, or anyone who has the requisite fame and fortune that qualifies them for an automatic footnote in history, it is probably more straightforward to answer the question. What about the great unwashed masses?
The quick and easy answer is of course - kids! But it seems to be more than that. It does not seem sufficient that you leave your physical DNA or identity behind in other human forms. There seems to be a desperate need to leave your spiritual and mental DNA and identity behind in terms of religion, family traditions, culture, rituals, attitudes, philosophies behind for your children to believe in and nurture and carry on. Any rejection of this stuff is a rejection of them, of their identity, and hence their "legacy" :-)
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