DENT

Picking up on Seth Godin’s post where he asks, how big a dent are you making?  What he’s talking about is the influence you’re having, so the dent can be as big as the whole earth, or as small as the private Universe that has you as the centre. 

And if you’re not having an influence on either the macro or micro level you might want to ask yourself, why not?  Is the question not important to you?  Can you not be bothered? Is that why you’re not having an influence?  

I think it matters, I think it matters a great deal to make a dent, leave a mark, exert some influence because if you consider the myriad of synchronicities it took to realize your existence on this planet, then you being here must have been important.

Your influence does not mean scale.  In other words, it doesn’t have to be at the Pulitzer or Nobel level to matter, it doesn’t have to be at the celebrity level.  The test for influence or dent, is this: has your presence made someone else’s life easier, joyful, enjoyable, comfortable, feel cared for? The bigness of the dent is judged by the exponential joy that it creates, in one person (even if that person is you living authentically), a dog, a bird, or an entire planet, or for generations to come.