You Can Change the World

by Daniel Haughian

Before you lies a journey we all must travel.
A journey whose length is not as important as
the footprints you will leave behind for others
to follow. A journey that has many paths, and
the one that you choose will decide the course
your life will take. You can opt for the easy and
well-trodden road, or you can venture down
the one rarely traveled. Either way, you have
the ability to make an impact upon this world,
so long as you follow the leanings of your own
heart rather than the desires of others. And
whichever road you choose to walk, let it show
that a good and noble person passed this way.
One who never sacrificed convictions for a place
in the sun or easy gain, but one who kept
to the true and right path. And let it also show
that you did not count your wealth in riches,
but in how many walk this earth with humanity
in their hearts, because the footprints you made
in this life showed you walked in the footsteps of love.