February 2011
Tell me about your wealth.” Most people would respond with information about cash accounts, savings, investments, real estate owned, collectibles, business enterprises, and anything that has a dollar sign. I call these treasures. Certainly, they are a component, but is that all there is to wealth?
Everyone has, or knows someone who has, lost something they value in terms of dollars. The stock market decline of 2000 to 2002 and the hurricanes of 2005 prove this point. Others have lost businesses, made unwise investments, or fallen prey to identity theft or scams. As devastating as these are, we know that most people recover and rebuild. How are they able to do this? I submit it is because they still have their true wealth, which enables them to replace what they have lost. It is this wealth that acquired the treasures in the first place.
The name of this website was inspired by a quotation from author Tim Kimmel: "You've been given a piece of history in advance — a gracious gift you send to a time you will not see."
When we think of legacy, it may be that we think of our estate, our financial arrangements, etc. But the "piece of history," the "gracious gift" we are encouraging you to consider is not a monetary legacy, but a legacy of values: those priceless intangibles — all that we have learned, all that we have overcome, all that matters most to us .... and to those who follow in our footsteps.
Will you follow the path of ancient wisdom?
Hear this, you elders;
listen, all who live in the land.
Has anything like this ever happened in your days
or in the days of your forefathers?
Tell it to your children,
and let your children tell it to their children,
and their children to the next generation.
The journey ahead of you is a long one. But the reward which awaits you and which awaits your future generations is the planting of a heritage with lasting significance.
There is no doubt that you will send a legacy to future generations. The question that must be answered is, "What legacy will you send?"
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Dave Dias
Michael Corwin
John Erik Fraker
Dr. John Townsend
Cheryl McKay
