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Mortality of a Woodworker


Woodworking and my mortality,something of me left for future generations. A legacy, some I leave behind. Its something that  I am working continuously to achieve. Never enough time in the day, too view days where there was enough covered, satisfaction of worth while day. A day not wasted.
  Getting older you look at your mortality, and just how short life really  is. You think how is it that I remember my own deceased relatives, and how is it that you will be remembered. For without the the memories of your loved ones you leave behind. Why where you ever placed on this earth in the first place. . .   Your purpose here on earth, for this short time, is to make your small mark of  remembrance  by your loved ones, or to enrich the lives of all the persons you come into contact with.  Bring a smile, bring remembrance. Leave as many artifacts as possible. 

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