“If I live the life I’m given, I won’t be scared to die.” This quote from The Avett Brothers song “The
Once and Future Carpenter” makes me think of what it means to live a
significant life. To me, living a
significant life means living in the moment, being fully present, and making an
impression on the people you love. To live
a significant life, you don’t need to be famous or rich or powerful, you just
need to be the best person you can be.
I feel like I have been blessed to live around several
people who have lived the life they were given.
One of them is my grandpa, Burnell Johnson. It has been almost a year since he passed
away, but when I think of my grandpa, I think of a man who loved his life and
loved the people in it. Seldom could you
spend any time with my grandpa without feeling better. His quick wit and his goofy mannerisms always
made us laugh. His positive outlook on
life always made us think better of ourselves and the future. Most importantly, the way I felt when I was
with my grandpa was best expressed in one word:
loved. He lived a simple life in
a small town in North Dakota, but he lived a happy life, set a great moral
example, spent a lot of time doing the things he loved to do, and became a
friend to those he met along the way. He truly lived the life he was given.
My grandpa may not have made a difference for millions of
people, but he was significant to his friends and his family. He made a difference to me not just in the
way he made me feel or how he made me laugh but how he lived his life. If I can live a life of purpose and goodness
like Grandpa Johnson did, I will feel like I truly am living the life I’ve been
given. It would be an honor to someday
be compared to my grandpa.
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