Second snowstorm this winter where I live.
Each day we create footprints.
Some prints are physical, leaving impressions in snow, dirt, and other surfaces.
Other prints are behavioral, leaving impressions in the minds of fellow human beings. All behaviors--kindness hostility, indifference, just to name a few--impact people.
Sometimes these impacts are direct. They affect individuals exposed to our behaviors.
Often they're indirect. Person One performs an action. It leaves an impression on Person Two. Later Person Two makes a decision. He bases it on the impression he'd gotten from Person One. This decision affects Person Three.
Everything is tied in. That's how God designed it. We are influenced by actions taken by all people--the famous and the not famous--from centuries ago to one hour ago.
Physical footprints disappear. Behavioral footprints last forever. The words we utter, the actions we take, and the things we fail to do, reverberate forever in the collective consciousness of the world.
Someone we'll face a final judgement. Our footprints will be examined. Will these footprints have contributed to goodness or evil?
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