What do you leave behind?

Throughout our lives if we were to start counting the number of people we've met, we would be amazed. The degree to which our interactions happen and influence us is very hard to notice and to analyse because we take life as it happens, we rarely put pause and ponder.

Going through childhood and adolescence leads us to adulthood. Only after a dozen of bitter experiences some of us start to reflect and put questions. Why did that happen? What did I do? Should I dig into the past and extract some valuable informations from there? I do not know why nature did it this way, but we are slow to mature. It can take 30 to 40 years, if not more, for people to realize things on a deeper level. To experience feelings of remorse, gratitude, forgiveness, compassion.

After my humble experience of life, I came to realize one thing: if you want to have an impact on someone's life, teach them something beautiful and leave a mark of beauty inside their soul. Regardless if they did you well or harm. Plant a seed of hope, courage, love, forgiveness, acceptance, respect. At least plant something good instead of going with the harsh tools and dig their soil up until it is down in pieces scattered and left with nothing but sorrow and anger. The entrance to someone's life, even if you might not stay for long in their physical presence, is through their heart and mind. If you plant something good, you will be forever in their lives even if you said goodbye long time ago. That's the eternal power of kindness and education.

I thought of the positive influence of my former teacher of physics in general school. Mrs Leaf. Yes, quite an adorable name. She was like a mother to me. She encouraged me to pursue my dreams, helping me get my first personal computer, giving me positive support to go to all of the competitions and overall just making me feel like I can achieve greatness despite my personal problems back then. I no longer felt a lonely child when I was around her. Although she had a daughter of her own, I felt very much accepted like her second one. Rarely you get teachers to go beyond their comfort zone and try to form an emotional connection. There are some who just perform their duty, teach the class, get their pay and take it month by month until they feel happy they can retire and get rid of all of those nasty kids.

The impact that a good teacher can have on the life of kids is enormous. That is why I value education so much. It shapes the child's brain from early on and it stays with them for years to come. Mrs. Leaf is no longer around me since then. But she taught me priceless lessons about being kind to others, trying to understand them, about forgiving and believing in your dreams. She taught me to ignore the naysayers and do my thing and believe in myself even when nobody else does it. She left a mark of confidence and of greatness in my heart. I carry Mrs Leaf's legacy with me every single day. She put valuable bricks on the foundation of my character as it is now. I will take this further and pass it to my future children, in my attitude towards my partner and towards people in general. So actually her impact will be greater than she thought. Although I moved on with my life, she is still with me everyday, until I die, through her kind gestures. Her good spirit transcends space, time and breaths in eternity. That's how powerful a good person can be. That's how immortal their good actions are. Choose to be like this, you can't possibly lose anything, believe me.

This is the latest article from my personal blog
https://maryhasnolamb.wordpress.com/2020/06/20/planting-seeds-for-eternity/

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