In the same way that many things other people do affect you, whether you like it or not, lots of stuff you do will affect other people. But these aren’t always anonymous, distant recipients! Often, the people closest downstream of you are the very people who are also upstream of you in their own way.
All this is to say, a lot of what happens in your life might not be directly influenced by you, but lots of it is indirectly influenced by what you do. Are you doing things to make the people around you better, or are they living in the toxic runoff from your actions? All in all, being surrounded by healthier, happier people is better for you – which makes it better for them, too.
Keep the waterwheel spinning.
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