![]() But recent events have since brought me to the realization that I have left a positive mark on this earth – no matter how small – and that focusing on those things will lead me to a fulfilled future. I always felt like a bit of an imposter – that people’s expectations of me were far higher than I could ever achieve. Of course, like everything else in life, the gravity of this statement never really occurred to me until I got much older. My Mom always said to her children that the only way to guarantee a legacy is to positively influence at least one person. And through it all, something became very clear to me. I’ve been very reflective the past few weeks. He said himself that he hasn’t been the same since. People “paid good money to hear “Fire and Rain again and again and again”. His main job was to entertain, to enlighten, to relieve the burden of everyday life from the world – if only for the 2 hours he played. After a slew of personal tragedy, he realized the simplicity of his existence. He spent years working on his career to the detriment of everything else around him, constantly fighting against the legacy of incredible music he had created to focus on the music to come. He had an epiphany about his purpose on the planet. One of my faves James Taylor wrote this 35 years ago. Some are like summer coming back every year,
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