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The Ripple Effect

Happy Sunday Everyone-

I wasn’t going to do Sunday Thoughts today, not in the mood, which is okay, but thought of something simple to share that I keep hearing from my dad’s service.  In my dad’s retirement, he stayed on as an advisor for a development company and kept an office there.  He’d go in 3-4 days a week for a few hours at a time.  When Kim and I went to clear out his belongings a few days after his passing, we found a document framed on his desk, it’s called “the ripple effect”.  I shared it with one of my dad’s best friends, who then used it as part of his eulogy for my dad.  If I heard one thing repeatedly from my dad’s service, it was the ripple effect, so thought I would share it here.  Although it will forever remind me of my own dad, it is incredibly useful to all of us and something we should note for ourselves.

-DO YOU WANT TO BE A POSITIVE INFLUENCE IN THE WORLD? FIRST GET YOUR OWN LIFE IN ORDER.

-GROUND YOURSELF IN THE SINGLE PRINCIPLE SO THAT YOUR BEHAVIOR IS WHOLESOME AND EFFECTIVE .

-IF YOU DO THAT YOU WILL EARN RESPECT AND BE A POWERFUL INFLUENCE.

-YOUR BEHAVIOR INFLUENCES OTHERS THROUGH A “RIPPLE EFFECT”.

-A RIPPLE EFFECT WORKS BECAUSE EVERYONE INFLUENCES EVERYONE ELSE.

-POWERFUL PEOPLE ARE POWERFUL INFLUENCES.

-IF YOUR LIFE WORKS -YOU INFLUENCE YOUR FAMILY.

-IF YOUR FAMILY WORKS-YOU INFLUENCE THE COMMUNITY.

-IF YOUR COMMUNITY WORKS YOUR COMMUNITY INFLUENCES THE NATION.

-IF YOUR NATION WORKS -YOUR NATION INFLUENCES THE WORLD.

-IF YOUR WORLD WORKS -THE RIPPLE EFFECT SPREADS THRUOUT THE COSMOS.

-REMEMBER THAT YOUR INFLUENCE BEGINS WITH YOU AND RIPPLES OUTWARD, SO BE SURE YOUR INFLUENCE IS BOTH POTENT AND WHOLESOME.

-HOW DO I KNOW THIS WORKS ?

-ALL GROWTH SPREADS OUTWARD FROM A FERTILE AND POTENT NUCLEUS.

-YOU ARE A NUCLEUS.

I’d like to think of all of us as “a nucleus”.  If we take on that responsibility, good things happen.

Enjoy Superbowl Sunday.

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