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" Legacies are not just for legends. Whether a million people know your name, or only one person does, you still have the right to leave your mark on the world, even if it’s only in your tiny corner of it, in the tiniest of ways.
Not all of us will achieve great heights and feats. Most of us will never leave our hometown or country, let alone conquer Everest. And you know what? That’s okay.
Because real life is what happens in between moments of greatness. It’s the little things that at the end of it all, you realize were greater than the sum of their parts. It’s the amount of times you laughed, or cried, danced, sang, created, inspired, and made someone smile.
The best kind of legacies are the ones that are unseen. You’ll never fully be able to measure the effect of a smile or a kind word, but I promise you, the most whispered phrase can send a shockwave around the world that lasts for centuries, or even an eternity. "
― A.J. Compton , The Counting-Downers
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" Drowning in the majesty of the constellations is a reminder that the universe was here long before us, and it will be here long after we’re gone.
When our bones become nothing but ash and earth, the world will keep on spinning.
People will die, cry, love, and live as if we never were.
But we are now. And that’s all that matters.
In this moment, we are.
Nothing but a boy and a girl.
On the cusp of something greater than ourselves.
Entering into the unknown and hoping we make it out the other side.
With a strong sense of ourselves and only a faint idea of who we want to be.
We are what we are.
And we. are. now.
Young, free, alive.
Here, together, loved. "
― A.J. Compton , The Counting-Downers
