Meaning Behind the Words by Candice Olson

On legacy, through a character in Fahrenheit 451:

"Everyone must leave something behind when he dies, my grandfather said. A child or a book or a painting or a house or a wall built or a pair of shoes made. Or a garden planted. Something your hand touched some way so your soul has somewhere to go when you die, and when people look at that tree or that flower you planted, you’re there."

 

This quote is inspiring to me because behind it there is a lot of meaning and logic to it. I also beleive that this quote has double meaning behind it when the quote says "Or a garden planted. Something your hand touch some way so your soul has somewhere to go when you die." I think that also means the creation of life. When you die and your child is left behind, some people can look at that child and see you or when the child see's it's reflection it can see you. That child is the tree or that flower that you planted in the soil of the earth.
-Candice Olson