I told her that I felt that while I was making ripples, she was making waves. It was a borrowed statement that meant much more than it first seemed. Before long I realized how I had minimized my effect on the world because I wasn't reaching the volumes of people that this powerful speaker was addressing. That is the kind of thinking that immobilizes people and stops them from trying to be of service. These beliefs foster a sense of inadequacy which ultimately leads people to choose not to take action when the simplest of gestures always makes a difference.
Every life makes a difference.
Think of the hundreds of lives, maybe even thousands of lives you may touch in a lifetime. Your being wherever you are makes a difference. What kind of difference you make is up to you. We really do reap what we sow. Think now of passing a stranger on the street.