How I Want to Be Remembered After I Leave High School

How do I want to be remembered after I leave high school? Honestly, I find this question very difficult to answer. It took me some time to really think, reflect and brainstorm in searching an answer to this very big question at hand.

During the times I brainstormed, I could not help it but imagine all the proud moments and the memorable achievements I had starting from my first year at UP high. I think this is mostly the basis of many people on how they want to be remembered. This is also mostly the basis of people remembering the person. Well, some of these so-called achievements I have were winning the declamation contest when I was in first year, being declared as the Best Newscaster and Best in Advertisement Delivery in our Public Speaking class, being proclaimed as Prom Queen during the JS Prom and being awarded as Best Actress during the Dramafest.

Honestly speaking, it feels good to be able to experience having those kinds of achievements; it makes you feel proud as a person. But as I deeply think about it, I realized that it is not how I want to be remembered at all. I do not want people to remember me based on what I was able to achieve. Besides, what I’ve got right now is just like a dot in a map compared to the achievements of others. It seems like those things were just nothing. I don’t even want to be remembered as the 5’7” lady who is pretty, kind-hearted, friendly, quiet, shy, bla-bla-bla…

I don’t want to be remembered based on my physical appearance or the achievements I have got. Instead, I want to be remembered based on how I was able to affect the lives of people based on my actions. With all these things in mind, I realized that I want to be remembered as a modest lady.

What do you mean by modest in the first place? As defined in the Encarta Dictionary Tools, being modest pertains to not having or expressing a high opinion of your own achievements or abilities. It could also mean not showy, elaborate, or pretentious.

The definition is very self-explanatory right? It simply means that we should not underestimate and overestimate ourselves especially our achievements or abiitites, we have to remain humble no matter what and that we still have to stick to our principles of right and wrong.

I am not saying that I am a perfect example of a modest person. But I could proudly say that I could qualify to be one. Why? I simply base it from my self-evaluation. I do this, most of the time. This is what I do to be able to assess if my actions were proper or improper.

I believe that modest people is also what we need today. We really lack people who are modest. People who could remain humble despite how far he or she was able to reach compared to others. Many people who had great achievements really brag about what they have done. Others even brag about their abilities and never cared to share it with other people at all. Yet it is still good to know that some managed to remain humble in spite of the achievements they have got.

I hope people, just like me would also want to be remembered this way, showing to the world that it is better to estimate oneself moderately and that we could enhance our charm by not being aware of it.