Leaving Your Spiritual Footprint

A footprint is an impression left behind by a human foot or shoe on the ground or some other surface. If you have ever been at the beach, you have probably noticed that this is the one place where a footprint is so easily and readily left behind. It I also not too difficult to determine if the impression was left by a an adult, or a small child. But have you gone any further than merely noticing those footprints? Have you ever wondered where does the person live who left that footprint? What is their education and career? What is their current relationship status? What is the life and legacy embedded in each of those imprints?

Human souls also leave behind their ‘metaphysical footprint’ by fulfilling their spiritual calling and soul purpose in their lifetime. The more exceptional or extraordinary ones are written about in our history books. They are great teachers, prophets and spiritual leaders that have left a discernible legacy behind when they departed from this world. When any person takes on a cause, with sometimes the most forceful opposition, to create an new and improved world for the common good, it is always an indicator that a spiritual footprint is being made.

Saint Teresa of Calcutta, simply known as Mother Theresa, for example, is certainly a spiritual icon that has left a well-established footprint of compassion, kindness and charity that continues to be recognized all over the world. We do not expect her to have been a perfect person, but the sincerity and love that she professed for some of the most spurned and downtrodden cannot be denied by anyone. It is to me abundantly clear that she indeed left a footprint of love, compassion and acceptance which equates at the end of the day to her being totally connected to and aligned with spirit.

While it is well enough to leave footprints on the sands of time, it is even more important to make sure they point in a commendable direction ~ James Branch Cabell

Mahatma Gandhi is another guru who left an indelible spiritual footprint on our world. Mahatma means ‘Great Soul.’ Gandhi is internationally respected for his teaching of non-violent protest to achieve political and social progress. His fame spread worldwide during his lifetime, and continues to do so to this day. His name has become one of the most universally recognized in the world.

Obviously there have many more great souls and lightworkers who came to this world to leave their unique spiritual footprint, including all the founders of the world’s religions. But they are not the only ones. Although we may not always be aware of their contribution and impact on our lives, there are a multitude of souls who have left behind a spiritual imprint for the greater good since the beginning of time. And there are many more who currently continue to do so, and will do so in future.

What is your own desire for your spiritual footprint? What memory or feeling do you hope others will be left with when someday you leave this existence? What is your contribution to help make the world a better place? What will your energy signature be? When someone looks at my footprint someday, I sincerely hope they will feel I was good to the planet, and all its living beings.