Most of us think our influence ends where our actions end.

It doesn't.

Like a river leaving its source, everything we release into the world keeps moving.

A patient conversation.

A generous act.

A habit repeated every day.

Even the resentment we refuse to let go.

Someone is always living downstream from us.

Our children.

Our friends.

Our communities.

Sometimes people we'll never know.

We can't always see where the current goes.

But every day, we choose what we're adding to it.

Add to the water what you hope to find there.