The Effect of a Life

So, instead of doing what I have the past two times I've actually posted and put up a bit of an old journal entry of mine, I've decided to try to be original and actually write what I'm attempting to contemplate at this moment -- and, the title of the post is actually relavant to the post itself (shocking, I know...well, at least it will be relavant once I stop rambling on and on and get to my point).

I've been thinking lately, and just now as I am writing this up, about the effect that one life can have. Truly, the impact that one person's life can have is, at least in my mind, absolutely incredible. I don't know how much I can say about this, though I suppose I could give examples of those who have influenced me a lot (I doubt that most of them know who they are).

Somehow, though, despite how much different people affect us, how much they shape who we are and who we become, we don't always seem to appreciate them, or what they do in our lives. I suppose I'm speaking of myself -- I don't seem to show enough appreciation to those who pour so much into my life, and recent events have caused me to stop and think about how much different people mean to me.

So, I would like to say that a lot of people to impact my life on a daily basis, and some a lot more often than that. One person can make a huge impact on lives around them (even though they don't always know it), and I am beginning to really understand this. My point in all of this is simple: we ought to appreciate more those in our lives who invest in us, and we ought not wait to show them (or even simply tell them) how much they mean to us.