I was struck by a story I read yesterday about six people who died after a storm sank their superyacht off the coast of Sicily.
One of the passengers was an attorney who helped his client Mike Lynch, described as a “tech titan,” be recently acquitted of fraud charges after selling his firm to Hewlett-Packard in 2011.
The attorney wrote a message to his legal team on LinkedIn where he thanked them and added, “thank you to my patient and incredible wife… my two strong, brilliant, and beautiful daughters… None of this would have been possible without your love and support…. And they all lived happily ever after.”
The heartbreaking, and sometimes heart-binding, truth embed in life is we never know what happens next. Both storms and sunshine are elements we will experience both in their ferocity and wonder. And unfortunately, “ever after” is a category found only in fairy tales. But we always have the choice to be grateful, or not, and for that sentiment to be our emotional legacy.
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