Your Opinion is Valuable

You might not think your time and your opinion is valuable to others. Depending on how you use your time this may or may not be the case. Everyone has influence of some sort. Even the slightest amount can be powerful. Don't think about avacados, or how they're green, or that they taste good mashed with a bit of salt, lemon, and garlic. I just used some of my influence over you to direct your thoughts. You too posess this power. Recommendation is a powerful tool. I encourage you to use it. Once a week draw attention to an idea, person, musical group, or book, that you found impacting and significant. For example if you are a writer, Anne Lamott's Bird by Bird is a must read. Make sure you don't overdo it and post so many items that no one can pay attention. Find the things that really count and share them. Once I got mad at a youth group for climbing on top of an alter at a cathedral. They hadn't ever seen me mad before, so when I was they took it seriously. On the other hand I know of kids who don't even seem to notice when their parents turn red with fury. Your influence is like that, the more you spend your time hyping up everything, the less time people will listen. You have influence but it's like money, if you keep printing more, each dollar is worth less. So how will you use your influence today? -Jason