My Philo professor in College told us, "You are everyone you meet in your life." He wasn't a very good teacher, but this simple statement, I carry with me till now.
We learn from everyone we have a chance encounter with. Be it the security guard who opens the door for us everyday, our househelp who religiously tends to us, our supervisor who reprimands us from time to time, our best friends whom we spend hours on the phone with. We learn from their heartbreaks, their joys, their strengths, their sorrows, their triumphs, their faith, their kindness and generosity - what we become, we owe to them. Even if they hurt us, we learn from that: whether we become mean to others because of what they did or we vow never to inflict the same pain to anyone. And the simplest manifestation: when someone warmly greets us "Good morning," we, unintentionally, pass on that warm greeting to everyone we meet that day, diba? :) And it goes on and on..
And as much as other people influence us, we also play a role in the persons that they become :) So as much as many many many people have touched my life for the past 24 years, I would like to think I have touched other peoples' lives as well :) Yay :)
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