Legacy

Legacy

An excerpt from Oprah Winfrey's
2018 USC Commencement speech.

You build a legacy
not from one thing
but from everything.

I remember when
I just opened my school in 2007,
I came back and I had the great joy
of sitting at Maya Angelou's table.

She hadn't been able
to attend the opening in South Africa.
And I said to her, "Oh Maya,
the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy
that's going to be my greatest legacy."

I remember she was standing
at the counter making biscuits
and she turned, she put the dough down,
and she looked at me and said, 
"You have no idea what your legacy will be."

I said, "Excuse me?
I just opened this school
and these girls, and it's going to be..."

And she said,
"You have no idea
what your legacy will be, 
because your legacy
is every life you touch.
Every life you touch." 

That changed me.

All My Love Always, Keith 

"Know You Are Loved"

"Know You Are Loved"

Remembering a dear friend

Brenda Bollman Baker

who’s still right here

in my heart

even though she transitioned

on May 9th, 2018.

She embraced her journey

of exploring her Spiritual side

so much in life,

you couldn’t meet her

or interact with her

without knowing you are loved.

She raised our awareness

of the love that we all are in life.

Now that she has transitioned

she has made her Spiritual presence

known in so many ways

to so many of us.

This Transitioning

to the Other Side,

or Across the Veil

as we’ve often called it.

She’s given us

a new name for it.

The Everywhere.

Yes, dear Brenda

has gone to The Everywhere.

Now she’s raised our awareness yet again.

No, she’s vastly expanded our awareness.

When you become

Your Love Light

the very essence

of the love that you are

You can be everywhere at once.

She’s made it abundantly clear

in the many ways, she’s contacted us

since her passing

that she’s still right here.

Or as her sassy-self

has come through

and told us

“I didn’t go anywhere!”

In that way, she still is our teacher.

She still is exploring

her Spiritual nature.

Just on a different plane.

That seems distant

yet so very close.

When your awareness

becomes awestruck

by the messages

and communications

she’s still sending us.

As I lay there asleep last night

Every time I stirred

I heard a line from a song

they played often as she slipped

from our physical presence

"Know You Are Loved."

May you all know that today.

Whether you believe this tale

Or not:

"Know You Are Loved."

For dear Brenda

serenaded me with it last night

of that I am sure.

That was her way

to lead you to

the realization to

"Know You Are Loved."  

All My Love Always, Keith