then who are you living for?

then who are you living for? Whose dreams are you stewarding? Yours or the founder? If you become a steward only of someone else’s dream, then your own voice will likely fall silent. “Because of your grandfather success, I want you to know that you can do whatever you like in life“. Kathy was puzzled.

— from Legacy / The Logbook (Legacy/Epilogue) · Voice of the Rising Generation by James E Hughes Jr, Susan E Massenzio, and Keith Whitaker

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Wealth itself doesn't cause this — but how a gift is given very much determines whether children grow into fulfilled lives or into lives of subsidy, dependency, and entitlement. The borrowed dream. There is a particular trap for the children of people who did well: someone says, in love, "because your grandfather succeeded, you can do whatever you like" — and it sounds like freedom, but it can quietly cut the nerve of your own ambition. If you become merely the steward of someone else's dream, your own voice falls silent. […] The borrowed dream. There is a particular trap for the children of people who did well: someone says, in love, "because your grandfather succeeded, you can do whatever you like" — and it sounds like freedom, but it can quietly cut the nerve of your own ambition. If you become merely the steward of someone else's dream, your own voice falls silent. I do not want to hand you a finished life to caretake. — Legacy / The Logbook (Legacy/Epilogue)

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