Comments on: Manvotional: Allan Quatermain on Death

By: YoHuckleberry

YoHuckleberry — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 05:03:46 +0000

This was a great post. Now that I think of Allan Quartermain I remember that he was portrayed, respectfully, by Sean Connery in the movie adaptation of ”The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.” A graphic novel by written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Kevin O’Neill. I wonder now how much more touching the above passage would be if I’d actually heard it from Mr. Connery himself. He could tell me that I had cancer and it wouldn’t bother me in the slightest. It woud be like hearing James Earl Jones call a Red Sox game. Those voices just make everything better.

By: Justin

Justin — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:29:11 +0000

Thanks, very nice read

By: gentscheatsheet

gentscheatsheet — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 16:02:59 +0000

I like what Pericles said– “What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.”

One thought on the Christian perspective:
Yes, it’s great to leave a legacy–but hopefully it’s a side-effect of a Godly life and not the goal itself. If your goal is to leave a legacy so that people will remember you, I think it’s easy to succumb to putting the attention on yourself rather than the good you’re trying to accomplish.

Just a thought. :) And thanks for the post!

By: Dan

Dan — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 12:49:16 +0000

In Christian circles, there is talk about our legacy, not in the financial sense, but in the spiritual sense. This legacy is through teaching our children, being a witness, helping people, etc. On one hand, I’m saddened by death, but of course I believe that there is no better joy than what’s on the other side of death. Yet I hope to be remembered…I suppose we all do. Good thoughts on the subject, truly.

By: Doppelganger

Doppelganger — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 10:01:32 +0000

Irvin D. Yalom (existential psychiatrist) describes the above as waves in a pond. Like we are all sources of these circular waves and we affect others around us, even after our death. And they then have something of us in their waves. So, even though we’re not alive some of our ideas, thoughts or the consequences of our actions kind of “are”. So, what’s important is to influence the world (in a positive way of course).

Thank you for the article, it was a very nice saying!

By: Logan

Logan — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 09:46:19 +0000

hear hear!