Permission to be Powerful

Permission to be Powerful

If You Were Gone Tomorrow, What Would People Remember About You?

99% of People Die With Regret -- Will You?

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Tony V.
May 03, 2025
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A dark, moody scene depicting an old, abandoned graveyard at dusk. A single, weathered tombstone stands in the foreground, with overgrown grass and cracked stone. In the background, a hazy sunset casts long shadows, evoking a sense of passing time and forgotten legacies. The atmosphere is eerie yet contemplative, urging the viewer to reflect on mortality and the impact they leave behind.

Dear Permission to be Powerful Reader,

My father’s getting old now…

I think about the catastrophic mess he’ll leave me to clean up.

Not the unpaid bills, the legal nightmares, the tangled wreckage of a life poorly lived—but the damage that can’t be measured in dollars.

I think about his legacy of violence and abuse…

What the people closest to him will rememb…

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