The Dash: Making a Difference with Your Life from Beginning to End

When your life is over, everything you did will be represented by a single dash between two dates€•what will that dash mean for the people you have known and loved? 

As Joseph Epstein once said, €œWe do not choose to be born. We do not choose our parents, or the country of our birth. We do not, most of us, choose to die. . . . But within this realm of choicelessness, we do choose how we live.€ And that is what The Dash is all about. 

Beginning with an inspiring poem by Linda Ellis titled €œThe Dash,€ renowned author Mac Anderson then applies his own signature commentary on how the poem motivates us to make certain choices in our lives€•choices to ignore the calls of selfishness and instead reach out to others, using our God-given abilities to brighten their days and lighten their loads. 

After all, at the end of life, how we will be remembered€•whether our dash represents a full, joyous life of seeking God€s glory, or merely the space between birth and death€•will be entirely up to the people we€ve left behind, the lives we€ve changed.