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[Ron Obvious]

4. You write beautifully...

Thank you. You write beautifully. If I may be brutally honest: when I die, there will be fewer people than I can count on the fingers of one hand who will be devastated. A dozen more will be saddened. I don't think anybody will rejoice. That's it. That's the ripple I will leave behind. It used to be more than enough for me.

If there were to be a great Judge at the gates of Heaven, He'd have a hard time deciding which place I should go to. All the more so 'cause I probably couldn't care less.

I have done no great evil, but neither have I done great good. I have hurt people, I broke my first girlfriend's heart by cheating on her when we were 17. Her tears haunt me to this day. I ignored my parents' wishes and moved away 8000 miles from them to make a successful go of it here in the US. I've made cruel remarks about people to make others laugh and to be thought a wit. That's the worst you can say about me.

But I have also done the little things you mentioned. I have made people laugh. Yesterday, while stuck at the DMV for 2 hours, I got talking to a kid from Honduras and advised him on his choice of major to go for. His mother and I, having no language in common, shared a laugh when he mimicked the examiner.

Perhaps it's a little bit of a legacy after all. It should be enough for me.