Unkown Influences

Happy Labor Day! I know we are a day late on releasing this however we were spending the time with my family in Wyoming and we had to push it by just one day. 

Today I wanted to look at influencer culture and the way it is a constant in our lives. No matter what way we turn we are constantly being influenced by everything. By Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, etc. All of these platforms regularly change the way we think and act. Now this isn't limited to the online social world. 

Everyone around us is also an influence for us. In a positive and/or negative manner. If we give our time to positive people we end up creating positive change and the same is true for the inverse. When we recognize the influences that constantly pouring into us we begin to identify the three kinds of people in our lives. 

These three people include stepping stones, corner stones and people who need to get the *beep* out of our lives. Stepping stones are people who we can step on and/or step on us. Corners stones are the people who change the course of our lives and, well the last one I am sure you can figure out. When you break it down to this simple principle you can see the path you want to walk down. If that path goes hand in hand or diverges down the road then that is what it is. 

The other key principle to realize is that you yourself are an influence to everyone. Have you ever walked past someone and given them a smile and watched their face light up? It is a magical thing to watch and it is insane to think that a brief moment, a compliment, a brush through each others lives can cause a complete shift in our reality. 

My challenge to everyone today is to become that positive influence. To be the guiding light for everyone around you and to be the one who smiles when you walk down that road. Life is too short to frown at the thought of someone else's happiness, that is why I choose to smile alongside them.