The People Who Shape Us

Is there someone whose example has stayed with you?

Maybe it was something they said. Or something they did when they had no reason to expect recognition.

Maybe they stood up for someone. Admitted they were wrong. Showed you kindness when you needed it.

Or perhaps they showed you something you never wanted to become.

People influence us in ways they may never know.

And years later, we may hear their words in our own, or recognize their example in a choice we’re making.

Sometimes another person’s integrity helps us find our own.

And sometimes another person’s failure teaches us something equally important.

We carry these influences into our lives. Not always consciously. Not always perfectly.

And perhaps we become that person for someone else, without knowing it.

That’s the idea behind Six Degrees of Integrity.

We invite you to recognize someone who influenced you. Then we invite that person to acknowledge someone who influenced them.

One life touching another.

And another.

We may never know how far that influence reaches.