On people...people needing people

Food for thought: Everyone person you know changes your life in some way even if it's really small. That phrase, a quote from a friend, has been on my mind for the last couple of weeks. When I first heard it, it struck me as odd, but the phrase has since grown on me. After lots of thought, I've decided that yeah, my life is a little bit different because of every person I meet. Just recently I was kind of smacked in the face with the realization of how much my life is made better because of the people in it. On Sunday night, I had a couple of pretty crazy dreams. In the first, I was dying. Morbid and creepy right? Well, in the dream I was terminally ill or something and I was going to have my organs harvested before I died. So basically, I was going to go into surgery and not come back. Yeah, I have to reference Big Fish again, that's what my dream was like. At the end of the movie, everyone from Edward Bloom's life is there to see him off at the end of his life. Well, in my dream, in this hospital waiting room, all these different people from my life were there to be with me. It was hardly even sad! All these people had encouraging things to say to me and I wasn't scared but totally at peace...a very strange/neat dream. Now I know it was just a dream, but I woke up, a little weirded out I won't lie, but also filled with the sense of how much I love/am loved by all the people in my dream. Nice! Pondering on this dream (doubtfully prophetic) I have grown in my appreciation for all of you who have touched my life. This and the previous idea have also driven me to see this from the other side. You affect everyone you meet...everybody I know has the opportunity to be changed by me. Something I say or do be it positive or negative could stick with someone for a long while. I'm not saying that we should all be walking on eggshells, but let's consider this and try to be cautious. How should I live knowing that I am influencing everyone around me even if it is in the smallest way? I would hope that when thinking of me, the people I know would be able, like me, to know that they are loved.