We all impact others' lives on a daily basis, whether we know it or not.  I think this is especially true as writers sharing our works with the rest of the world.  Unless a reader comments or messages us, the impact we make is generally unseen.  I used to teach therapeutic horseback riding to a group of kids from the Big Brother/Big Sister program.  These kids had a lot of disadvantages in life, but they absolutely loved their experiences with the horses.  It was a large group of kids, so we split them into two groups with me teaching one and the other instructor teaching the other.  One day, a girl from the other group came up to me and reached into her pocket.  "I have something for you," she says.  She took out a crumpled up newspaper ad for jeans, which showed a woman with long brown hair in a ponytail (just like mine) petting a horse, smoothed it out, and handed it to me.  "This reminded me of you."  

It was such a simple thing, but after I took it and thanked her, I pinned it to our office bulletin board and had tears in my eyes when I did so.  I asked myself why I was so moved by this gesture, and the answer was because I had made an impact on her simply by being there.  Let's explore how we impact others in ways we might not be aware of. 

PT Prompt #255

At your ten/twenty/whatever high school reunion, someone you barely remember comes up to you and thanks you for having a profound impact on their life back then.  What happened in high school that left such a lasting impression? 

PT Prompt #256

Write a vignette where a background character impacts the main character's life in a way neither are acutely aware of.  

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