Some People

This is my all-time favorite poem and I wanted to share it with you.  It's a bit long, but I hope you'll read the entire thing.

SOME PEOPLE

Some people come into our lives
and leave footprints on our hearts
and we are never ever the same.

Some people come into our lives
and quickly go... Some stay for awhile
and embrace our silent dreams.

They help us become aware
of the delicate winds of hope...
and we discover within every human spirit
there are wings yearning to fly.

They help our hearts to see that
the only stairway to the stars
is woven with dreams...
and we find ourselves
unafraid to reach high.

They celebrate the true essence
of who we are...
and have faith in all
that we may become.

Some people awaken us
to new and deeper realizations...
for we gain insight
from the passing whisper of their wisdom

Throughout our lives we are sent
precious souls...
meant to share our journey
however brief or lasting their stay
they remind us why we are here.

To learn... to teach... to nurture... to love

Some people come into our lives
to cast a steady light
upon our path and guide our every step
their shining belief in us
helps us to believe in ourselves.

Some people come into our
lives to teach us about love...
The love that rests within ourselves.

Let us reach out to others
and feel the bliss of giving
for love is far richer in action
that it ever is in words.

Some people come into our lives
and they move our souls to sing
and make our spirits dance.

They help us to see that everything on earth
is part of the incredibility of life...
and that it is always there
for us to take of its joy.

Some people come into our lives
and leave footprints on our hearts
and we are never ever the same.

-by Flavia Weedn

I love this poem for so many reasons, but particularly because with each verse I think of someone different who has had an impact on my life and has shaped me into the woman that I am.  I believe in fate and I believe in a God who has hand-picked these people for me.  I am so thankful for these people- those who have been in my life for a while, those who I've only just met, and those who have left.  I look forward to new people moving my spirit to dance and leaving footprints on my heart.

I sometimes ask myself "if special people have been placed in my life to help me, whose lives have I been placed in to help them?"  I'll probably never know, but I like to think I've helped at least one person.  The thought of making an impact in someone's life fulfills me, and with that thought, I'll sleep sweetly tonight.

AJ