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by mindcrime
1722 days ago
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I don't think I've contributed anything that truly mattered to society. And I probably never will. Consider time-scales and scope. On the time-scale and scope of "lifetime of the universe" where everything dies in the end, and the universe probably ends as a cold, lifeless nothingness, I think it's fair to say that pretty much nothing matters at all. On the other hand, at a more local level, if a homeless person is pan-handling on a street corner and you give them 10 bucks which they use to buy a hot meal afterwards, that likely mattered to them very much indeed. Heck, just saying "thank you" or "you look nice" or paying some other compliment to a fellow human at the right time and place might actually be something that really mattered although you may never wind up realizing it. |
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It has happened twice in my life that something someone said -- just in my earshot, not even directed at me -- has caused me to make a major change in my life that was very much for the better. The people that uttered the words will never know the serious impact they had on me.
I often wonder if it has happened that something I was saying was overheard and had a similar impact on someone else. I hope so.