Is the world a little better now than when I first came in?
What will people say about me when I leave this place behind?
Will they say I was cool or funny or had a keen mind?

How will the people I know remember me when I'm gone?
How long will they mourn? Will they keep my memory strong?

I want to leave a lasting mark; what will be my legacy?
Did I live my life with love and care?
Did I make peace where there was war,
Cultivate love and forgiveness where there is hate?

When people looked at me, could they see Your face?
Someone radically transformed by Your love, compassion, mercy, and grace.

Was I a voice for the mute,
A light shining brightly for you?
Was I hope for the hopeless, love for the loveless,
A light that the lost find their way?

When this life is over and it's time at long last to come home,
When You stand before me in all of Your glory
What will I hear you say?