One Apple A Day #829 - influence
Some days reality feels like a surreal movie.
In those days, I struggle to make sense of what happens around me.
Both locally and globally.
And I often ask myself, what's my part in all of this? What role can I play?
It's easy to feel powerless, nothing more than a cog in a wheel controlled somewhere else by someone else. When that feeling emerges, I'm drawn towards the reacting mode. I just react to things, as if it's the only thing I can do.
However, I know that I am much more than that.
We all are much more than reactive cogs.
The way we show up every day, the choices we make, the things we do, the words we speak, even the smallest gesture has the power to influence the direction of humanity.
We may not see it, and probably nobody will recognise it ever, yet we are affecting the direction of the world.
Isn't it an incredible superpower?
One that requires great responsibility.
While I was thinking about this post, I remembered this cool game about the wisdom and madness of crowds, and the power that we all have to affect our networks.