At the top of each page in my day planner is a quote pertaining to leadership. It’s why I picked this particular version over all of the others offered by Franklin Covey. Well, that and the pretty pictures. As much as I sweated out the decision, I hate to admit I rarely read these pithy little tidbits of wisdom.

But on a particular day not long ago, I found myself paging through the last month worth of entries, skimming over these sayings. More than a few were profound, but there was one in particular which really spoke to me. It was the following:

“Do not walk through time without leaving worthy evidence of your passage.” - Pope John XXIII

Those words stuck with me. And this past weekend, when I found myself stumbling down the road of introspection, I contemplated them once more.

I guess you could say I was having a bit of an existentialist crisis. I’d just gotten some news I was trying to wrap my head around. Heck, I’m still trying to wrap my head around it.

You may remember that, in July, I participated in Relay for Life. Prior to the event, I wrote about why the event was important to me. It was all about my Uncle Rich and his third battle with cancer.