Legacy

I was thinking about that whole existential dilemma, life is meaningless and death is inevitable. Meaning nothing we do no matter how significant will protect us from our eventual demise. We attempt ways to cheat death and find immortality but all our efforts fail and we all fall

I was wondering that is all seems rather depressing but why? I think if you accept that you will die and no matter what you do will change that it is a bit more freeing.

What legacy will any of us leave and for myself I was wondering two or three generations down the road will there be any evidence that I lived at all other than perhaps genetic material passed down to my great, great grandchildren who may or may not know I've even lived.