To leave behind

When one's work is eventually destroyed and their body is long dead, what is left of him? One's work creates works so no one is ever completely destroyed. When a man dies, he lives on in thoughts, memories, and works that reveal the information that comprised him. When these works thoughts, memories, and works fade, they only fade to leave a legacy of themselves. This infinitude of legacies may be the only afterlife we have, but it's the only afterlife we need.