Leave Finger Prints

"Our finger prints don't fade 

from the lives we touch."

Judy Blume

Part of the human experience is reaching out to assist others ... not enable, but to assist.  All of us can probably remember a time in our past when we really could have benefited by the presence of a kind heart.  

Each day brings us an opportunity to be that person who was never there for us.  We can turn the tables and touch the life of an unsuspecting soul.  Compassion calls us to  help the overwhelmed mother of four struggling to get groceries into the car.  A child comes to our attention who is the only one unable to attend camp, so we anonymously pay the fee. Death has visited a young wife and we may be nudged to sit with her infant child so she can attend a support group.  

Who was not there for you when you needed help?  Can you be that person today for someone else?  Even if it is just a friendly hand shake or a random hug, we hopefully leave finger prints embedded with courage to assist a person through the threshold of fear.