We don't see them, for they are invisible.
We don't hear them make a sound.
We cannot hold them, for they are weightless.
We do not know where they are found.

The silent gifts we leave behind,
priceless in their worth,
exist in the lives that cross our path
through our journey here on earth.

A trace is an enduring mark
where something/someone has stayed –
a difference in the life of another
that you don't even know you've made.

Often, what appears on the surface
holds much more underneath,
and so are the lasting legacies
in the traces we bequeath.

What we may view as insignificant,
a compliment or favor,
may leave a loving memory
that someone else will savor.

In a kaleidoscope of kindness,
see the lives, the loves, the faces
and know you make a difference
by what you leave…in traces.

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