Happy International Women's Day!
You can never leave footprints that last if you are always walking on tiptoe. " Leymah Gbowee đź‘Ł
If you’re like me, you see a quote and it just strikes you as a great mental stop. That is what happened with this quote.
Those who know me know that I am not someone who tiptoes around issues–it is a time matter for me.
I constantly see good people who will never leave footprints that last because they are always walking on tiptoes. They choose not to take a position because they don’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings, or they choose to live in some universe of unfounded fear and never take a stand for anything of purpose or value. And the worst of it is the idea that some people choose to believe (wrongly, I will add) that they have no value, no worth and no opinion worth sharing, so they stay small and tiptoe around everything and everybody, always taking and never giving back.
Hear me if this is you: Enough of you being so fearful to yourself and everyone around you! Why are you so afraid to leave a legacy or, at the very least, a footprint for others to follow? You have a mind, a heart and a voice, so why are you not using them for good?
Really, you’re taking up space in this world, so tell me why do you think that you can be so useless to yourself, your family and your community without a shred of responsibility? How did that germ of such a bad idea sink into your head and heart? How silly is it that you believed the lie that you have no value, no worth and no opinion worthy of sharing.
So I have to ask, what is it going to take to convince you to LEAVE deep footprints.