What if everyone you know said the same thing about your after you died?

Caitlin McColl
Dose Of Wonder
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2 min readNov 9, 2023

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Today’s question is:

What if everyone you know said the same thing about your after you died? What would make you happiest for them to say?

I think that I’d made an impact somehow. That I’d changed people’s lives, for the better, in some way. Maybe through my yoga and meditation teaching or something. That’s what I’d like to know — what legacy I’ll have left and if I’ve made any noticeable difference to the people in my life or the world around me in general.

I don’t know what I’d want them to say specifically, just in whatever way I’d made an impact — on them personally or people they know or…something. Isn’t that what we all sort of care about? That we’ve made some sort of positive impact or change while we’ve been on this earth?

What about you? What would make you happiest for everyone you know to say about you after you’re gone?

This is part of my ‘what if…?’ series inspired by Scenario Cards (which are packs of cards that come in 6 different varieties (self, the world and life; and gratitude, vision and impact) that inspire meaningful conversations designed by psychologists). You can check out the rest of the articles in this series here.

And check out my publications: Mindful Mental Health, Penny Press, and Beautiful Choices. Inkslinger Magazine is my personal publication which has fiction and nonfiction.

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Caitlin McColl
Dose Of Wonder

Writer on mental health, grief & loss, mindfulness, running, life musings (+ fiction and poetry!). ❤️coffee & dogs. Vancouver 🇨🇦