Ripples of Kindness

One drop in an ocean sends out only a tiny ripple.

It is easy to discount and ignore that ripple.

But that ripple intersects with another ripple. Eventually the ripple meets a shore and rebounds. Sometimes the harmonics of the ripples can build. Rogue waves of towering power and immense size arise from just these principles.

An act of kindness can send out ripples that you cannot even begin to imagine. One ripple was started over 10 years ago when someone treated me with kindness at a venture capital breakfast meeting in Seattle.

Today, I send back out yet another ripple.