Life is unfair. So often it’s not about what you know, what you can do, or what you could offer, but about who you know. It’s about knowing the right person who can open a door for you or get you in touch with so-and-so who can get you this opportunity over there. So we spend a lot of time and effort meeting people, making friends and figuring out who is going to be able to get us where we would like to go.

It’s all well and good, but what about the other side of the coin? Karma is a two-way street. If I’m hoping that someone will reach out a hand and help me out when I need it, I should hold myself to the same standard. Wherever I can I want to be able to be someone worth knowing to someone else. No matter how meager my means, there’s bound to be a way I can help someone the way that other people have helped me. We aren’t super heroes, we can’t save the world, but we can matter to people who matter to us.