Well, hello, my friends, and welcome to the Live Inspired Monday Morning Moments podcast with John O'Leary.

I record these every week so you and I can begin our Mondays and our weeks in awe

and on fire with the burst of inspiration. Let's get after it. I'm going to begin with a word. I'm

just learning. You ready for it? Corgrath. This word designates a grave site of one of the greatest artists of all time.

The story of how this man was ultimately buried there and what this word means

carries important lessons not only about art, but far more about life.

Let me explain.

Rembrandt Harmazon van Rinn was born in 1606.

Profoundly gifted as an artist, Rembrandt revolutionized new techniques portraying light and shadows.

With his unique style, he painted hundreds of portraits throughout his life.

He became fabulously wealthy and internationally famous.

Personally, Rembrandt found love. He married. He had five children. He was respected at home and

beloved around the world. In other words, he ready? His life was perfect. His life was perfect.

And then that perfect life tragically began to unravel.

Three of his five children died in infancy.

The two children who survived infancy, well, they both passed away before their dad.

His wife, Sakia, she died during childbirth.

The heartbroken painter was unable to paint for several years, and he lost favor in high society.

The wealth that Rembrandt amassed depleted in time.

The fame he enjoyed eroded during the last decade of his life.

And on October 4th, 1669, one of the greatest

painters in history, passed away with no surviving family, with no fanfare, and with no

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