A part of what I love about tea are all the things that I experience after savoring a fragrant cup. The wonderful flavor that remains in my mouth.  The warmth in my body from the sip I have just swallowed.  The delicate scent that hovers in the air.  And most of all, the peace and contentment that I feel from experiencing something beautiful.

Thinking about that made me wonder – what do I leave behind?  What remains with someone after an interaction with me?  What do they experience, either directly or through a seed that has been planted, from having a connection of some kind with me, even for just a few moments?  What is the energy I am putting out into the world and what is the potential impact of that energy?

So I visualized what I want to leave behind.  I want someone to feel good about themselves and lifted up after interacting with me.  I want them to feel valued and maybe inspired.  From all the choices I make and the things that I do through the course of a day, I want to have an impact that is positive and that contributes something good to the world around me.  I want the energy I send out into the world to be that of love, energy that hopefully creates a ripple effect that helps in making this a world of peace.  I want my presence in the world and my energy, my life, to have this essential purpose.

At this stage of the game, I am not engaged in a lot of physical pursuits or structured activities that are clearly oriented toward some kind of kind of organizational or societal outcome.  I live a simple quiet life with my main opportunities for impact being found in the interactions I have with others and the ways I find that I can be of service to them.  But I have come to understand that does not limit or erase my potential to have an impact.  A big part of that is in what I leave behind.

I hope you leave something good behind today!