What do we do that is longer than life?

You have, no doubt, heard the phrase, "life is short."

Maybe, you have questioned whether or not this is true, maybe, you haven't.

You might wonder what is out there that lasts longer than life.

So, I will try to give a few simple answers.

One thing that is very obvious to me is tradition. Counless traditions date back far before most of us were born. When my great-grandma was moving out of her house, I found some of her high school yearbooks and looked through them. It was amazing to see Paris High School in the 1930s. There were three sports (football, basketball, and track), school plays, a relatively new building(lol), and May Fete. The picture at the beginning of this blog is actually an eary May-Fete celebration. (Although not from Paris.) My great-grandma tells me the story of how when she was giving birth to my grandpa, her little sister was mad because she had to miss her senior May Fete.

Take a second to think about how the things that you do in school were done years ago by people your age who are now dead.

It's strange isn't it?

Another thing that lasts longer than life is architecture. This past summer I helped my grandpa build on to his new house. I learned a lot from this experience and I know that the house I built will stand on this earth longer than I will. It really is something to think about. Or, maybe I am just an architecture freak...

And a more abstract answer, (but not really): Faith, hope, and love. Anything that you do in this life that involves faith, hope, or love will not be lost. Your influence on others travels much farther than you ever will.

And now, these three remain.