bitter taste

everyone wants to leave a legacy, but legacy lies, not in the grand things you do, but in the small things, and if not that, even if it does depend upon your larger accomplishments, the "small" things you do are the foundation upon which those accomplishments will either stand or crumble. if you want to leave a legacy, make it a goal to never leave a bitter taste in someone's mouth, whether a total stranger or someone close. life is messy and tricky, and people will not always act as they should, but the only person's actions that you are respsonsible for are your own. it doesn't mean you will never hurt anyone, or that everyone will always like you, but in the end you will still leave them with either a bitter or sweet taste in their mouth depending on your actions. live love, have compassion, be selfless. how good it would be if your legacy was to leave the smell of jesus lingering behind you everywhere you go and upon everything you touch. how good it would be if it could be said of you that the impact you have upon every person you cross paths with in this life is to leave a sweet taste.