The Importance of Faith in Legacy Writing
An ever-increasing number of women over the age of 45 have found themselves cut off and are looking for this particular connection to make sense of how they tell about their life, knowledge, and values. Writing about their legacy would make things easier for future generations by giving them more appeal and offering a sense of direction as well.
Legacy can, when passed on through faith or a personal philosophy, add weight to the work one has accomplished. How have your beliefs caused you to make choices in your life, in relationships, or how you meet challenges? These thoughts, if shared, can help your children and grandchildren in moments where they feel lost or need motivation.
Religion or even a self-definition of faith is eternal. It binds the family to the fortitude inherited from the past and gives clues on how to deal with life. By embedding these beliefs in your legacy, you are not just passing down the stories but also the emotions and principles that we want to nurture in children.
Legacy And Family Culture: Telling Stories
Stories are interesting to listen to and fascinating to share, and they have always existed and been passed on from one generation to another. When you build your legacy, consider telling whoever is interested in your life stories about important lessons, families, and so on that are captured in your life story.
Narrating specific parts of your life places your legacy in context, making it entertaining to your family as they can relate. Recollect moments when your life determined your strength, love, or values. These tales can definitely offer guidance to your children and grandchildren on how to get through certain experiences in their lives.
Engage their minds and interests by getting them to ask or simply leave out questions for your loved ones even as you tell them your stories. An interactive legacy is one where members feel a sense of connection with family members and understanding.
Crafting Messages Filled with Love for Future Generations
For anyone who wishes to write messages to be read in the future, this is a chance to show love, provide instructions, and explain some of their core beliefs. These messages are not just words inscribed in pages but are allegories of the writer’s soul and affection toward those who are going to read them in the years to come.
Take time to think about what you wish to tell your children or grandchildren in the future. Could it be a good lesson in life that opened up your eyes or a family value that you would want passed on? As much as possible, tell it in the first person, and use your personal situation to make the impact of the message even bigger.
Practical Tips for Composing a Legacy Marked with Love and Gratitude
A legacy rooted in love and gratitude should be built by having perspectives, motives, and emotions. Here are some practical tips you can use as working tools in the process of building a legacy that captures the emotional and spiritual attachments you want to be remembered for:
- Cherish what you have: List the things you appreciate in your life as an exercise. This gives your legacy a positive, loving aspect.
- Let your words be true: Talk in your voice using your stories to communicate the message.
- Narrow down: What do you propagate and wish your children to be guided by? Find stories or examples that embody these principles.
- Give some: What are the practical issues you encountered that your family can relate to today?
- Make it interesting: Add questions to your stories where appropriate or ask them to contribute to your legacy.
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Evaheld Legacy Vault
Evaheld is dedicated to empowering people to complete their digital Legacy and Advance Care Planning, with an all-inclusive Evaheld Legacy Vault making it easy, enjoyable and secure to preserve and share your personal and family voice, story and legacy!
Evaheld empowers people to future-proof their voice for better care and well-being, as well as preserve and share their story and legacy for loved ones and future generations.
And with twelve comprehensive categories that cover over 140 different content types, you can confidently create a family heirloom of true value for your loved ones and future generations.
What you can secure in your Evaheld Legacy Vault
1. Family History & Legacy
2. Life Story, Memoir & Personal Truths
3. Preserve a Deceased Loved One's Memory & Legacy
4. Messages for Milestone Occasions
5. Legacy Letters, Ethical Wills & Legacy Statements
6. Life Lessons, Advice, Wisdom
7. Love, Appreciation & Encouragement
8. Future Generations
9. Forgiveness and Reconciliation
10. Funeral Preferences & Messages
11. Digital & Accessible Advance Care Directive
12. Health & Care Preferences
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With Evaheld, people are supported through the entire creation process, with the world’s most comprehensive suite of content types and in-browser video, audio and written content creation (or uploads), and of course secure lifetime storage. People also have full management over their recipient, privacy and delivery preferences, safeguarding their privacy, independence, and connections to loved ones today, and into the future.
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The Benefits of preserving your personal and family story and legacy with an Evaheld Legacy Vault
Right now you can set up your Unlimited Evaheld Legacy Vault for FREE!
And it gives you everything you need to confidently create, safe-keep and share your most precious content, and gain peace of mind knowing that:
1. You’ve unburdened your family and secured your healthcare wishes, with a legally valid Digital Advance Care Directive, and a whole lot more!
2. You’ve secured your family story, history and legacy with the perfect family heirloom and tribute to your family and past generations!
3. You’ve told your story and shared your truths so that they will be a constant source of inspiration and wisdom for your loved ones and future generations.
4. You’ve prepared a priceless gift for your loved ones, that will continue to keep on giving, such as when they receive future milestone messages from you on significant dates many years into the future, ensuring that whenever they need support, you’ll be there.
5. You’ve preserved the important stories and legacies of loved ones that have passed, so that that knowledge is carried forward to future generations and not lost with you.
With over 12 categories covering all your needs, Evaheld also provides custom resources hubs across Legacy Planning and Advance Care Planning to help you get started, including helpful content like how to write powerful personal legacy statements and an introduction to preserving your family legacy.
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Evaheld’s “Connection is all we have” Hardship Policy
At Evaheld we believe that everyone’s story and legacy is worth sharing, so if you or someone you know needs some hardship assistance, please reach out and let us know, and someone from our team will ensure that money will not prevent anyone from securing their story, connections and legacy for loved ones and future generations. Because at Evaheld we believe that “Connection is all we have,” and that every single story and legacy is worth preserving!
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