I read “The Five People You Meet In Heaven” by Mitch Albom last weekend. It was a great, quick, and impactful read.
The premise is that a man (who doesn’t think too highly of himself) dies and when he gets to heaven, he meets 5 people.
Some he expected to meet there.
Some he most certainly did not.
Each person’s life intertwined with the main character’s at some point in a way that was much more profound than he thought.
In the end, Eddie (the main character), looks back and realizes his life impacted so many more people than he could fathom.
We are all connected, in some way. And what we do (our actions, our jobs, our attitudes, who we are) affects A LOT of other people.
The great news is that when you DECIDE to lean more toward the positive, you infect others with that positivity.
When you try to look at solutions rather than focus on the problems, others will do the same.
When you smile at a stranger, more than likely they smile back (and then they pass it on).
When you are INTENTIONAL about living your best self, you cannot help but make the world a bit better as well.
Which reminds me of one of my favorite pieces of writing by Ralph Waldo Emerson:
So go have a SUCCESSFUL Day!
Happy Tuesday!
-Dr. Lindeman
Dissemination of Inspiration 