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I've heard that there are over seven
billion people on this planet. Seven Billion. That's a bigger number than
I can comprehend. I know what ten feels like - that's my immediate
family. I know what twenty-five feels like - that's the group that attended
my Hoffman Process. I know what thirty-six feels like - that's my extended
family. I know what one hundred and twenty feels like - that's the
number of subscribers to my magazine. I know what three hundred and
sixty feels like - that's my mailing list. From there, things get sketchy. Seven billion is a whole lot more than I can imagine. And I am only one of seven billion. How can one life out of seven billion make a difference? On any given day I can touch the lives of a lot of people. Through personal contact, telephone, postal service and the power of email I can literally communicate with hundreds of people. What I have wondered is how can I make a difference? Lost in a crowd of family, friends, co-workers, neighbours, community etc. it seems impossible to be anything more than just a number, a face or a name. How can just one life make a difference? The answers come to me as surely as I knew they would. They come because I listen. I know that if I am completely alone today, in silence and without physical connection to others I can still make a difference. Because I am, I make a difference. My being here in this time and place is not a random act. It is truly an essential part of the great mystery of life. Also, it is often assumed that to make a difference we need to have interaction with others. What is usually forgotten is that we can interact with ourselves and that is just as significant as any outer contact. It's all about energy. We give and receive energy with every breath we take. When we give back loving energy, it makes a difference. I remember honouring an influential woman by thanking her for her contribution to humanity. I told her that I felt that while I was making ripples, she was making waves. It was a borrowed statement that meant much more than it first seemed. Before long I realized how I had minimized my effect on the world because I wasn't reaching the volumes of people that this powerful speaker was addressing. That is the kind of thinking that immobilizes people and stops them from trying to be of service. These beliefs foster a sense of inadequacy which ultimately leads people to choose not to take action when the simplest of gestures always makes a difference. Every life makes a difference. Every smile; every kind thought; every loving touch; every sweet word; every sincere look; every breath. Think of the hundreds of lives, maybe even thousands of lives you may touch in a lifetime. Your being wherever you are makes a difference. What kind of difference you make is up to you. We really do reap what we sow. Think now of passing a stranger on the street. You offer them an honest, loving smile. For a brief moment in space and time you send a message of love that offers healing to another soul and ultimately to the world. It may just be the catalyst for a new beginning. What a difference one life can make!
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