Day 299 – Legacy vs. Inheritance

Published: March 25, 2016, 5 p.m.

Legacy vs. Inheritance

So often we tend to equate legacy to inheritance, but in fact, they are very different things. Inheritance is about money and possessions but legacy is about the person. Let’s think about it in these two, but similar descriptions. Inheritance is something you leave. Legacy is something you place in them. An inheritance is something given to a person. A legacy is something done in a person. When you leave something behind as an inheritance, the recipients are temporarily happy and satisfied. But when you leave them a legacy they are permanently transformed. If you have been on our Wisdom-Trek during the past 300 days, you know that one of our primary focuses is not just to leave a legacy when you die, but to impact everyone, each day through a living legacy that will change eternity.