What is the Measure of a Man?

What is the measure of a man? Is it his dashing good looks, disarming smile and to die for body? Is it the company he keeps, his brilliant mind that never ceases to amaze or his loving heart. I been asking this question the day i reading LKY's Memoirs and witness the death of the US President Ronald Reagan and Pope John Paul II. After thinking for so long, i tink i finally discover what is the measure of a man.

The measure of a man is not about his successes. Neither is it about his failures. The measure of a man is not by the certificates he hold. It not about how he died but the simple yet profound truth of how he lived. Yesterday, the architect of modern Singapore died. Reading about his life story in the news, you discover that a man lives on through the legacies he leaves behind. If LKY was Brain of Singapore, then he must be the heart and mouth. The one legacy that will live on in time will be the identify he has created for us. The Singaporean Identity and of course the pledge.