I am standing outside the cart barn during a really easy shift at the Seven Oaks Golf Course. I am deeply engrossed in one of my latest fantasy books when I get a call from my mom. I'm ecstatic! I get to read a book, chill during an easy day at the golf course, and call my mom! I hear about Opas death, my Dutch grandfather. "I don't know what to say." "There is nothing to say. I didn't know what to do. I had never gone through a major death in my life ever before. I found myself thinking of my Opa for the rest of the shift. Opa was one of the kindest people I knew. He was methodical about his selflessness in conversation. Rarely spoke about himself. Fond memories playing cards and eating blueberry oatmeal and honey. Even on the hospital bed he still was selfless trying to ask how we were doing and hating talk about himself. When he died grandma didn't take it well. Skye helped her through that time with his cheerful demeanor. Laundry story with Skye keeping Grandmother in place. "It's just pushing a button. Then the machine will do the rest." I found solace with my Opas death by thinking of an idea of rippling I learned from Happy. Creating circles of influence that can affect others for years, even generations. Opas ripples had come into all of us as a family. Skye's cheerful demeanor with grandma, my love for helping friends and family through EARS Empathetic listening and YouTube. My mother's and father's hard work helping their students. This quote reminds me of something my Opas stood by, Crijheid is het vermogen je plicht als zinvol te ervaren. Freedom is to experience your duties/obligations/chores. The quote he stood by reflects his selfishness once again. In another way, it also reflects this idea of rippling. It's your duty to bring joy to others' day even if you don't always feel like it. Tell audience the own ripples they are having or are being affected by in their life. Not only does it make death less hard to take but it makes you live life more reflectively as well. Ask yourself before you enter any talk with someone in the future, what are the ripples that you want to live on?