Ripples: You can always positively affect the world around you

In this episode I want to touch on how just doing little simple things in my life can positively impact someone's day. Whether it be a Facebook post, a smile in a grocery store, etc. Plus, we aren't the only ones who notice us.

Also,  after listening to this podcast episode check out the follow up video on my YouTube titled, "This is a new perspective" published on April 23, 2026.

Transcript

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Hey guys, it's YK presenting Ripples. So this week I wanted to kind of recap on kind of what my podcast topics are. Um it kind of still revolves around how the little things in life can make a big difference, right? And just how any kind of little thing can make um can brighten someone's day. So I had two really good examples this last week that I wanted to share with you. So um, so it's kind of I always like to kind of go with some some of the stuff that happens in my life. I like to call them serendipities or like following the breadcrumbs, right? Kind of like following your instinct down the you know the road or what have you, your your life path, things of that nature. I'm not sure if that made sense. Um, but basically how things just kind of start to fall into place once you start going down the correct path, things just kind of start to fit together and it just kind of becomes a little bit easier, a little more clear in where you're going. Um, kind of like that concept, right? So my mom and she's a big twins um baseball fan here in Minnesota, and she likes to watch every twins game if she can. But uh it so happens that when she got a new satellite carrier, um, they said, Oh yeah, you can watch the twins game on this. That's not a problem. That comes with your viewing package or whatever. So she switched companies. Well, lo and behold, she gets the new satellite set up and go figure it doesn't have the twins games on it at all. So she had to physically buy a channel to watch the twins games, and they're local. I always hate that big pet peeve rant about how we have to pay for our own local sports, but I digress. So she had basically she had to buy a twins channel to watch the twins, right? But because she bought this channel, they gave her two free tickets before opening weekend to go see the twins game for like free. So she gets two free tickets, and there were lower level seats too, so it wasn't like oh you get two free nosebleeds for your channel purchase. We were able to sit in the bottom section, and then on the third ticket, since it was gonna be me, my sister, and I, we all three decided we wanted to go. It was only $34 for the third ticket, so it was such a great deal that the three of us could go see this um the twins game together, right? So I put up a post about so this is where this is going, is I put up a Facebook post with me and my sunglasses and in my twins gear just sitting there going, ha ha with a big smile on my face, right? And just super excited to be there and happy to like enjoy the twins game with my family. And one of my friends saw that, and she has such big nostalgia for the twins, like my mom does. And so my smile made her smile, and it basically she said it honestly just made her day. Because because once she saw, like, I'm at the twins game, I'm having I'm having a great time, she went through memory lane. You know what I mean? Like, because she cherishes the twins as much as my mom does, she pictured the days that she went there, she pictured days when she went with her family, she pictured days that she got to watch it with her family. So she had like these positive aspirational, not aspirations, but positive memory banks that she was able to tap into that day, and it gave her such joy throughout the day, just because she saw my Facebook post. And I think that's so, so nice, right? How just being me and showing me having a good time helped someone else have a good time. So I thought that was very nice. The other example I have was I went to the doctor because you know, yearly you're supposed to go to the doctor, get your physical, do the things. Well, I've had the same doctor for probably primary care doctor for probably like at least 10 years. It's been fantastic to finally find someone who understands you and listens and that kind of stuff. And the nurse has been the same as well, so it's been like nice to have a familiar face to go back to. But anyway, so I have you know, a lot again, a lot of people know me. I have a certain kind of sense of humor, right? I'm a little playful. I'm I'm on I'm what's the word I'm looking for? I I can be like sympathetic or understanding or I can um connect with somebody and un you know, like if they're frustrated by something, I would understand why. Um, even though I'm not in like the medical profession. And so um we were just talking about like my health and whatnot, and being someone who is like pre-I've been pre-diabetic for a long time, and they're being with the GLP1 um shots and things that are out now. Um, it's hard to get on some of these things with your insurances. So like insurances won't always cover the medications for you to be on them until you're diabetic. Like, once you're diabetic, it's easier to get them. Um, but if you're pre-diabetic, it's like pulling teeth, right? So we've been pulling teeth for the last like two years about it. But anywho, so we were joking about this a little bit because it was just like, yeah, I mean we'll throw it in there and we'll see if this happens or the other thing. And so, like, the whole time we're kind of joking back and forth through our interaction, and I make her laugh a couple times or whatnot, and this is my doctor, and my doctor kind of just like she puts her hand like she's got her elbow on the table, right? Because she's on her computer typing in all my things and my chart, and she puts her hand uh like her head down on her hand, kind of like when you're about to like say something like private, and and she leans over and she goes, I'm so glad you came in today. Because you could tell that this woman needed to laugh. She needed to laugh so bad, like there was just something that was happening with her day that she needed a moment to reset, and she needed some time to relax and disassociate with what she was frustrated with that day. And she's like, I'm so glad you came in today. Just to be that little light of hope and laughter for her that day. That's kind of what I I I've always kind of I don't know, I don't want to say I've always known my life purpose, but I definitely know that peep making people laugh has always been one of my joys, even before I figured out that was kind of the point. You know what I mean? Because if it makes you happy, it makes them happy, makes other people happy, it makes other people happy. It's that beautiful pebble of water down the brook thing, you know, where it's like you make a wave and you drop a pedal, pup a pebble in a lake, and then all the waves ripple out, and that's kind of why I call this podcast ripples, is because it's just the little things that cause that big reaction that can make a difference, right? Oh, here's another one real quick, too, since we're talking about things that happen and how they ripple out, right? So I was on Facebook again today, and there was um a Snapchat or whatever of just like someone that I indirectly know or something like that, and they were in Rome, like actual Rome. So they were in on an international trip somewhere, and they were in actual Rome in a taxi, and they were you know taking their taxis somewhere for their vacation or work or whatnot, and they said, Um, you know, oh well, where are you from? I I what I I think your accent's interesting. Where are you from? And they said, Oh, I'm from the U.S. And they're like, Oh, American, cool. So, like, uh, what state? And they're like, Minnesota, and he's like, Yeah, I could I could hear that. What city? And they said, Oh, I'm from Minneapolis. And the taxi driver literally kind of like, you can tell he kind of has a moment of pause, and he goes, You realize your city is famous, right? And the and the passenger is like, what do you mean? And they're like, You've been the pilot for the world, like you've made such a big difference in how you've like stood up for rights with ice and just human rights and being loving and supporting your fellow neighbor and banding together as a group, that you have been the beacon for the world. And for someone in Rome to actually just you know, the taxi driver guy to be like you made a big difference. I I I mean to me that's a huge one. That this little I mean the city is like what technically the city is like 365,000 or whatever for just Minneapolis alone. But it's like to think about how how much are the twin cities in this area did for the nation to show them that thing certain things are just not okay. And I don't want to get into to the like the political thing today, like that's not my point. I'm gonna pause on that because I I do want to talk about that again later. But that that that is amazing. I mean, to me that knocked my socks off. Again, just the little things can and I don't mean that it was little, but it was when it talks about the drop in the bucket. I mean, that could have been a little thing, but it was not little. It was not, and so um it's just the things you can do to make a difference in everyone's life is just so important, and I think the biggest part, the whole root of it all, is to be your true and authentic self. And I mean that not from your head, like your head tells you to do these things and whatnot, and that's the logical process of events. I'm talking about your heart and your soul. When you put your hand on your heart, and you know you have that internal knowing of what's the right thing to do, that's what we're talking about. When you run from that inner being and you do you the way you should be doing you, and being the bestest, truest self you can be, that's how you'd make a difference, and that's how you are going to make a difference every single day that you breathe. And I think that is so amazing, and we are so lucky to be alive in this day and age to make a difference for ourselves, for our friends, for our family, for our communities, and apparently the world. And I think that's an amazing gift. So make sure to get out there and be you, and I hope to talk to you very soon. And I hope you have a magical moment day.