How Will I Be Remembered?
by Alice E. Chase

What will they say about me
Those whom I hold so dear?
What will they best remember
When I'm no longer here?

Will they recall mistakes I've made
Battles I never won?
Moment of pain I've cause them
Things I have left undone?

Will they censor my human failings
And wish I'd been noble and strong?
Will they scoff at the hopes I nurtured
The dreams that somehow went wrong?

Or will they be moved by compassion
Directed from Heaven above
To Temper their judgment with kindness
and soften their memories with love.

How Will I Be Remembered?
by Alice E. Chase

What will they say about me
Those whom I hold so dear?
What will they best remember
When I'm no longer here?

Will they recall mistakes I've made
Battles I never won?
Moment of pain I've cause them
Things I have left undone?

Will they censor my human failings
And wish I'd been noble and strong?
Will they scoff at the hopes I nurtured
The dreams that somehow went wrong?

Or will they be moved by compassion
Directed from Heaven above
To Temper their judgment with kindness
and soften their memories with love.