As an old proverb states, a library burns to the ground every time an elder dies. It should be added though, that this metaphorical library is filled not only with the facts, information, and major events of a lifetime, but also with the personality quirks, eccentricities, and off-color humor that make up a human being. Its shelves are lined with the crushing failures and brilliant successes, irrational anxieties and high ambitions, burning resentments and fervent loves that are the hallmarks of a life. It’s not a library built of brick-and-mortar, but of the intangible elements that make up a human spirit.

We all want to be remembered; to have a snapshot of our individual libraries and the many volumes of personal experience that line its shelves. This desire isn’t borne of ego or pride, but rather from an understanding that the challenges we tackled, or failed to tackle, the choices we made and the lessons we learned, could possibly be helpful to those who follow. It is from this that the idea of Lives Well Lived was born.

Each Lives Well Lived video is a personal library that offers not just a record of the past, but a snapshot of the present – who you are today and how your journey has brought you here. It captures your story, in your voice, and is intended for all of those who follow in your footsteps – children, grandchildren, and loved ones.