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"Man does not simply
exist, but always decides what his existence will be,
what he will become in the next moment."
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The only responsibility that a man cannot evade in this life
is the one he thinks of least, his personal influence. Man's
conscious influence, when he is on dress parade, when he is
posing to impress those around him, is woefully small. But his
unconscious influence, the silent, subtle radiation of his personality,
the effect of his words and acts, the trifles he never considers,
is tremendous. Every moment of life he is changing, to a degree,
the life of the whole world. Every man has an atmosphere which
is affecting every other. So silent and unconsciously is this
influence working, that man may forget that it exists.
Into the hands of every individual is given a marvelous power
for good or for evil, the silent, unconscious, unseen influence
of his life. This is simply the constant radiation of what a
man really is, not what he pretends to be. Every man, by his
mere living, is radiating sympathy, or sorrow, or morbidness,
or cynicism, or happiness, or hope, or any of a hundred other
qualities. Life is a state of constant radiation and absorption;
to exist is to radiate; to exist is to be the recipient of radiations.
from The Majesty of Calmness
by William George Jordan
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