"The thing I realise, it's not about what you take it's what you leave" -All The Bright Places

This is a quote from a book I just finished and this one sentence struck my heart. Be it about life or the places I've been and the people I've met, have I left something significant or did I just take without leaving anything?

In the streets we walk, the people we pass each day, the smell of the spring breeze and all the little things we often fail to appreciate time after time there is always something we take whether we realise it or not. We took so much from everything but we fail to give back. The splendid view of the sea during our short visit to the beach, take. The smile of a stranger we pass on our way to school, take. The small act of kindness by our friends, take. We take take and take. What have we 'leave' in return?

My life has been a splash of anger and confusion lately since I'm here in the UK. I dont know if it's because I'm thousands of miles away from the ones I love or because I hate what I'm doing here, whichever. The thing is, I took (take) so much from everything around me and being the selfish me I didn't think I did a good job leaving anything significant or useful around me. And I'm scared. Scared that I'll leave this world without leaving something for those around me, be it to the people I know or just a mere stranger. So I'm gonna do my best to leave something, anything wherever I go and whoever I met. Life's a canvas full of streaks of colours and paint but why stop there. I wanna add meaning to this short life, form words and sentences, or even songs. I want to give back, to the world and to you.