“And why not? Surely you don’t disbelieve the prophecies just because you helped them come about. You don’t really suppose do you that all your adventures and escapes were managed by mere luck? Just for your sole benefit? You’re a very fine person, Mr. Baggins, and I’m quite fond of you. But you are really just a little fellow, in a wide world after all.” — The Hobbit

My Take – We all make history every day.  Maybe it’s something that will be sung about by bards centuries from now.  Maybe it’ll just be a “And then they ….. ” kind of history.  Either way, we are all part of the story of humanity.  Our present was dreamed of by our ancestors, and we will be remembered by our descendents.  Our choices are whether or not to surpass the dreams of the past and how we wish to be memorialized in the future.