Footprints in the Sand

I left my footprints in the sand
Thinking they'd never go
I forgot about other footprints
And all about the tide's flow
No, nothing could ever make them go.

And then in came the tide
As high in it's reach as it was wide
I saw my footprint was there no more.
Shaken, I set out again
Left my mark, yet in vain
For someone walked over it
And left a mark more secure.

Then I saw with my heart and soul
I was, but a small part
Of a much larger, more beautiful whole
And ever since, I don't feel so grand
But if it gets wiped away or walked over
I don't feel so bad or drained out.

I just go on, leaving my footprints in the sand.