Influences.

After you have reached the mountaintop you are still affected by influences.

We are constantly influenced by those around us.

Our family, our Church, our community, our generation, our country, our world.

And these influences are not all spacial but relational.

We are affected by how others perceive us.

And in turn others are affected by our perceptions of them.

So prejudice and stereotypes affect us negatively.  It is important to address them.

We are all part of the Family of Humanity.

And we are also part of all Life!

We are interconnected.

So what we think and what we do affects everyone.

And what we do affects all life on this planet.

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