You know how they say we're six degrees of separation from everyone in the world? Meaning, you're just six connections away from being able to meet almost anyone on the planet... ...From the most famous people, to the wealthiest, to the most influential. But I think most of us miss the deeper meaning behind six degrees of separation. Because it isn't just about "who you can reach." It's about who you can impact. If we're really that connected, then the things we do don't stop with the person standing in front of us. They travel. You help one person... ...They go home in a better mood and treat their spouse differently. Their spouse has more patience with their child. That child grows up believing in themselves a little more. And one day, that person does something for someone you'll never meet. The same thing happens in the opposite direction. You hurt someone. They carry that hurt into another relationship. That person carries it somewhere else. And before long, something you did has affected people whose names you'll never know. That's the part of six degrees of separation that fascinates me. "We're not just six people away from knowing everyone." In some strange way... We're six people away from affecting everyone. Our kindness travels. Our cruelty travels. Our generosity travels. Our selfishness travels. Our courage travels. Our fear travels. Every interaction creates a ripple, and those ripples keep moving long after we've forgotten what caused them. Which means we may never fully understand the consequences of the way we treat people. A small act of kindness might eventually reach someone on the other side of the world. And a small act of cruelty might do the same. So the real lesson behind six degrees of separation isn't that the world is smaller than we think. It's that our responsibility to one another is bigger than we think. Because in a world this connected... ...Nothing we do ends with us, and yet it always comes back to us. This is the nature of karma. - Alen