Has anybody ever noticed how you think of your own life as just that... 'yours"
In truth, none of us have our own lives. Yea I know it sounds kind of imposing that none of us really have our own lives. But consider the facts.
Each and every life on this planet is touched by another, and affected by those lives, in the same way that we each in turn affect all the others that we touch.
Now here is where it get's wierd. How far have you really considered it. You can think of all the people that you know and touch the lives of. Seems kind of broad at that point. But you really cant stop there. You have affected all the people in you life in a way that no other person on the planet can. And all of them do the same.
Just think. You show someone kindness, whether you really know them or not you have affected the course of their life. As they see others, they will in turn affect others, maybe even based on how YOU treated them. Yes, your very random act of kindness will trickle through all the people that are met by those in line. How far will it go, how many people will feel the kindness that you started, or was it even you that started it.
If you really just sit back and think about it, with all this connection going on, we affect every life on the planet with our choices, not directly of course, but just consider that aspect.
We can't possibly know everyone in the world, nor can everyone we know. But think of how fast we can cover the population of the world
let's just say that you and everyone you know has met and knows 100 people, yea that's low my graduating class was 683, but still let's keep it simple for calculating purposes.
You know 100 people, and of those people they know 100 people thats 100x100=10,000. yea 10,000 already, then you consider all those people that you met that don't actually live where you are..
Ok use realistic numbers for a moment. I graduated with 683 people. and all of those people know at the very least thier own families, parents, grand parents, siblings, aunts, uncles, cousins. If every family had two kids just in your family it's 13 with just the immediate family 4 grandparents, 2 parents, each have one sibling for 2 aunts 2 uncles (married), they each have 2 kids and your sibling. Just in that it's 683x13=8879 and that's not even anything outside of classmates and family. Remember the 683 was just the people I graduated with, not the Junior and Sophmore classes. Our total student body was something over 2000. And the totals didn't even include faculty, and the students you meet from other schools over the years.
As fast as that exponents, we could cover the population of the United States in just about 10 calculations. Well at least I could. Having been in the military, and traveled around the States. Now working road service, I see truckers from all over the country on a daily basis.
Hell here is a fact that will scare ya.
Three years ago I was working on a truck on the side of the highway for an out of state driver. The entire time I was talking to the guy while i worked. After it was over he asked for a business card. When I gave it to him, he looked at it and said "thought so" then looked up at me and said "So how is Pete anyway?" (Pete being my fathers name)
"Excuse me?"
Well I'm gonna stop there. He knew my dad when he was working for Sherwin Williams. See how mauch it grows. I used to go around town and not be able to go anywhere without finding someone my dad knew.. now it's country wide.. how creepy is that?
He told me that he had changed his life after meeting my father. Granted my dad didn't live like he should, diet and all that, but he sure knew how to give life advice and it apparently helped this guy.
But that is what all this was about, how we each individually affect all the people we come in contact with.
So do the world a favor, and affect people in a positive way. I try to when I can. :D
