IMPACT!

You are meaningful. You have IMPACT all around you. Your life matters. No, not more or less than another but yes, you matter. What you say, who you say it to, how you say it, what you don’t say, and what you are thinking/feeling behind what you do or do not say has impact.

Most people walk the earth feeling unseen and unimportant, and sadly have no idea that the very air they breath matters. There are plenty of teachers, counselors, influencers, and coaches, both sports and life coaches, that work to have impact, but it doesn’t stop there. We do not, as much as it can appear so, live in silos. While Covid might have caused us to feel that way, in truth, we are not alone and even the most introverted of us continue to have impact on the world around us.

When and where you shop has impact. Money spent on a product or in a particular store is a vote of confidence. You see it every holiday season, local store owners begging the passersby to shop local.

But my greatest concern is about YOU. It is imperative for you to know that you are very much part of the fabric of society whether you can see it and believe it or not. And please don’t mistake what I am about to say as trite because in truth, it is where it all begins. Take a piece of paper and put your name in the middle of that paper. Underneath your name list the people that you are most often in contact with, the people you speak to daily or weekly, and write their names next to each other along the line, then and of course, this will be guess work, write down who they engage – to the best of your knowledge.

Here is what I am asking you to remember. Your upset impacts and so does your kindness. Your compassion impacts and so does your criticism. Your love impacts as does your sarcasm. Choose. Choose how you want to impact and be committed to that. Be you, do you, but do so consciously. Have your impact be conscious. And of course, have it rooted
in love.