Footprints

"Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart." ~ Eleanor Roosevelt.

Something I learnt over the weekend is that we can have a lasting effect on peoples lives. Whether this is through being an example, or just being a friend. Whether it is teaching someone something new, or helping them remember something... Sometimes we don't even realise the effect we are having, sometimes we will never know.

There are many people who have walked in and out of my life, people that have taught me so much about myself, and who I am, people that have taught me things that I needed to know, people that were just there to make the world a better place. Some of these people are still in my life, some of them are not. But, I know that one day, I will be able to thank each and every one of them, even though they might they might not have an idea of what they did for me...

There is a poem about footprints in the sand, and although the poem is talking about the Lord, I think we can make it about us, we can be the footprints...

One night I had a dream--
I dreamed I was walking along the beach with the Lord
and across the sky flashed scenes from my life.
For each scene I noticed two sets of footprints,
one belonged to me and the other to the Lord.
When the last scene of my life flashed before me,
I looked back at the footprints in the sand.
I noticed that many times along the path of my life,
there was only one set of footprints.
I also noticed that it happened at the very lowest
and saddest times in my life.
This really bothered me and I questioned the Lord about it.
"Lord, you said that once I decided to follow you,
you would walk with me all the way,
but I have noticed that during the most troublesome times in my life
there is only one set of footprints.
"I don't understand why in times when I needed you most,
you should leave me."
The Lord replied, "My precious, precious child,
I love you and I would never, never leave you
during your times of trial and suffering.
"When you saw only one set of footprints,
it was then that I carried you."

~ Author unknown...

Without friendship, our lives would be pretty lame, without friendship, things would be so different...

Remember that "Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart." And be the person that carries someone else in their times of need...