Fingerprint

This past week I was fortunate enough to get hired at one of the finer companies in the country, at least in my opinion. During the entire onboarding process you have to go through a background check, which being a former military guy was no big deal, along with a drug test, again no big deal. Gees the most you'll find in me is my morning AMP or Rockstar. But when they took my fingerprint, I got to thinking about where I've left my fingerprints. More importantly, what fingerprints are on me. I went home that day and looked around my apartment and I noticed how many fingerprints are still in the house from my marriage. A wire that she ran from the tv area to my computer is still there hanging in its place (man its an eyesore...never should have gave in on that one..lol). The living room is still set up the way she set it up...she's left her mark. The more I think about it I've come to realize that she's left her mark on me for the rest of my life. I'll never forget what happened between us, and my thought life and logic have been forever altered by what happened. The truth is her fingerprint has marked my life. However, my fingerprint is on her life. All of positive and negative actions will be forever with her. Everything I ever did to breath life into her will carry on. We've forever altered each others lives.

So by now you're probably asking...."Derek, whats your point?" While my statement is a much more intimate example, the truth is everyday we leave our fingerprint on someone elses life that will forever alter them in some kind of way. The actions we take form a legacy that is carried forward. Unfortunately, the legacy left behind in my life from my exwife is alot of hurt, but I can not disregard the positive marks she made on me. On the other hand, I'm hoping despite my mistakes, that the positive marks I left on her life will continue to bless her. The marks are eternal! So today when you spend time with your loved ones, or meet new people, I just want you to think of the mark you are leaving on their life at that moment. The way we treat others leaves a finger print... I hope the fingerprints I've left on others are positive. I hope the prints I've left with you bless you more then you could ever know.