I can not 'make my mark' for all time - those concepts are mutually exclusive. 'Lasting effect' is a self-contradictory term. Meaning does not exist in the future and neither do I. Nothing will have meaning 'ultimately.' Nothing will even mean tomorrow what it did today. Meaning changes with the context. My meaningfulness is here. It is enough that I am of value to someone today. It is enough that I make a difference now.
Hugh PratherWhat an absurd amount of energy I have been wasting all my life trying to find out how things 'really are', when all the time they weren't.
Hugh PratherI live now and only now, and I will do what I want to do this moment and not what I decided was best for me yesterday.
Hugh Prather