The concept of "trace" is multifaceted. This may be the most common shoe mark left on the ground. And the trace of a historical person or scientist. And also - a trace in the soul of a person left by those with whom his life path has crossed. Yes, and we leave traces in someone's life.
Let's talk in more detail on the topic of the trace left, in all senses of the word.
What is a trace?
If we turn to the dictionary, we will see several meanings of this word. As mentioned above:
Imprint of the sole, feet or paws on some surface.
The result of someone’s action or event.
Certificate of something.
The surviving part of something.
The trace left by man on the surface of the earth is not equal to the trace left in history. More on this in the next subsection.
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What trace will each of us leave? In the global sense of the word, most likely, no. We do not affect the outcome of events and the course of history, we are ordinary people. But in the lives of our loved ones and friends, there will undoubtedly be a trace left by us. The only question is what kind of person is he? Light and barely perceptible, or heavy, well trampled.
What leaves traces in history? Events in the first place. The Second World War made huge adjustments to the life of the world. Her every step leaves a mark to this day, when they still continue to find soldiers who died on the battlefields.
Architectural monuments are also traces. Traces of the past that have survived to this day. Ancient temples and monuments - this is our culture, transmitted by ancestors.
And the rulers? What do they leave? Footprints, like all of us. Only if we leave traces in a separate cell of society, then government traces are printed on the country. What trace did Stalin leave behind, for example? Everything is very twofold here: someone believes that life with him was excellent. And someone says that it was one of the greatest tyrants in history.
What about science? We would have neither electricity, nor telephones and televisions, nor computers, if not for scientists, the fruits of the left trace of which we use today.
So the footprints on the ground from the boot are just dust in comparison with the global footprints of history.
Footprints in our lives
What leaves your footprints? Or mine? Or each of us? We ourselves. As mentioned above, we leave traces in the lives of loved ones. And they, in turn, are ours.
We all recall our childhood, how serene and bright it was. School years and friends, summer warm nights when you could walk almost until midnight.
And the institute years? Student life, noisy hostel, songs until the morning. The first love that befell most of us in these years. This, too, is a trace left in our life, which is pleasant to remember.
Pets. Surely everyone remembers his cat Muska from childhood, or the dog Bug. It seemed that a friend would be there always, always. And then we matured, the animal grew old, and he was gone. But all these Muski and Bugs are alive in our hearts, we remember them. They left traces of their funny paws forever.
Conclusion
The trail left is a part of our life. All events, everything that happens to us leaves its mark. Nothing goes unnoticed. And whether we remember this event with joy, or it hurts when we mention it, is not the most important thing. The main thing is that it was in our life and brought a good or not very lesson to it.