In Episode 17 of the FinalVibe podcast, Jan “Gma Jan” Kempker shares a story about her dad and the fried egg sandwiches that he would make for homeless people who came to their home. He had no idea that this story would be passed along to his great-grandson or that his legacy of kindness and compassion would be shared with the purpose of positively impacting others and encouraging them to live out their legacy as well.
And as Andrew went on to say, “That’s legacy at it’s finest…Too often we overhype the big stuff in life. We’re sitting here, celebrating your dad for the kindness in his heart to feed a homeless person an egg sandwich.” This story is simple and it’s actionable. We can create a legacy for ourselves based on the way that we serve and care for other people when all the cameras are turned off and we think no one is looking.
I’ve thought about this everyday since. How does this play out in my life and what will my fried egg sandwich story be?