Whenever you encounter the word "legendary" who comes to mind? Do you instantly envision Hollywood beauties like Garbo, Hayworth, Lombard, Loren or Monroe? What about their male counterparts, such as Grant, Gable, or Power?
Perhaps you think of world leaders like say, Churchill, Mahatma Ghandi, the Kennedy brothers, Martin Luther King, or The Dali Lama?
Then again, if you live for the theatre, you might well include Olivier, Gielgud, Berstein, Sondheim, Stritch, Selddes, and Lansbury on the list of legendary figures.
All of these people are indeed legendary. Each in a most individual way has contributed to the culture that defines us and challenges us. The famous are not, however, the focus here. Our purpose is to discover what constitutes the quintessential human experience as we navigate our way to becoming legendary. As C. S. Lewis once wrote: "You do not have a soul. You are a soul. You have a body." When we use the body to do the bidding of the soul, we are indeed quinessential human beings.
Welcome to Living The Legendary Life. I hope you will find it entertaining as well as thought-provoking.
Like you, Daniel, I like to think that in some way we are all legendary.... each day we add a bit more to the legend. I am looking forward to reading more of your blog!!
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