{"id":16767,"date":"2013-03-21T09:04:15","date_gmt":"2013-03-21T13:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/?p=16767"},"modified":"2013-03-21T09:04:15","modified_gmt":"2013-03-21T13:04:15","slug":"a-eulogy-for-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.studentlife.utoronto.ca\/lifeatuoft\/2013\/03\/21\/a-eulogy-for-me\/","title":{"rendered":"A Eulogy for Me"},"content":{"rendered":"\"\"<\/a>This weekend, I had one of the best experiences of my undergraduate career (of my life, quite possibly). For the past 8 months, I have been involved in an organization called Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) \u2013 UofT Chapter as part of the Conference Executive Team. Our task was to organize and lead the first annual WISE National Conference for young female and male leaders in the fields of science, business, engineering and technology. This weekend, after months of e-mailing keynote speakers, organizing workshops, and contacting competition judges, that conference became a reality. It was a pleasure to meet a group of talented students and professionals from diverse backgrounds and I\u2019m still trying to wrap my mind around the fact that I had a part in making it all happen. I can sincerely say that I enjoyed every moment, every late night, and every stressful conversation that led to this point. But there\u2019s one instance that stands out for me in particular.\r\n

\"\"<\/a>\u00a0Akela Peoples, President and CEO of The Learning Partnership<\/em><\/p>\r\nDuring her talk, one of our keynote speakers, Akela Peoples, encouraged a room full of eager delegates to change the way they lived and worked today<\/em> so that they\u2019d be proud of the person they grew to be years<\/em> from now. She suggested that we take the time to write a eulogy that we\u2019d be proud to have someone read at our own funeral. A somewhat morbid thought but one with a powerful message: If you want the world to remember you in the best light after you\u2019re gone, you have to live your life being the best you that you can be.\r\n\r\n\"\"<\/a>I came home after the conference and thought to myself \u201cWhat would I<\/em> want others to say at my funeral? How would I want them to remember me?\u201d What strikes me the most is that I don\u2019t think of specific accomplishments or career moves that I hope to have accomplished before I pass on like I thought I would. I wouldn\u2019t want a family member to stand at the podium and read out my resume to remember my passing. Instead, I think of the qualities and the skills that I hope to have obtained by then. Character. Service to humanity and to the community. Behaviour. Attitude.\r\n\r\nWe can be so caught up in getting ahead, in finding success, and in being the best that we forget to nurture the qualities and skills that we value most and pride ourselves on. Even worse, we overstep the people that we hope will be with us till the very end, speaking the words we\u2019d want to be spoken when it\u2019s our time. But in the end, it won\u2019t matter where you placed in life, how far you went, or how high you climbed. What will matter is how you treated your peers and your subordinates, how you reacted to failure, and how much love and happiness you brought to the lives of your friends and family.\r\n\r\nTill next week,\r\n\r\nIshita","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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