{"id":11796,"date":"2019-10-17T18:16:44","date_gmt":"2019-10-18T00:16:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/?p=11796"},"modified":"2019-10-17T18:42:10","modified_gmt":"2019-10-18T00:42:10","slug":"the-most-valuable-currency-there-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/the-most-valuable-currency-there-is\/","title":{"rendered":"The Most Valuable Currency There Is"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"text-align:center\" class=\"has-text-color has-vivid-red-color\">\u201cThe effect you have on others\nis the most valuable currency there is.\u201d \u2013 Jim Carrey<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was nine years ago yesterday, October 16, 2010, when I\ngot the phone call letting me know that my best friend Steve Gasser had died.\nIt was totally unexpected and a complete shock when it happened. I was\ndevastated. My children were devastated as well as Steve had been such an\namazing presence in my kids\u2019 life throughout the years, especially during the\nyears I\u2019d been a single mom.&nbsp; Steve had\nalso been the reason I met my husband Rollin \u2013 he\u2019d talked me into going on a\nLake Powell trip with him and it was on that trip I ended up meeting my\nhusband. Steve\u2019s impact on my life was truly immeasurable\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The day he died I posted a\nblog called \u201cBe The Steve In Someone\u2019s Life\u201d in which I described the amazing\nfriend Steve had been. &nbsp;I shared how Steve\nwas the kind of friend that was always there for you no matter what.&nbsp; He\nwas never judgmental of your silly mistakes or your personality quirks, he\nloved you unconditionally.&nbsp; He was always smiling, no matter what.&nbsp;\nHe always found a way to make you laugh and to cheer you up from even the darkest\nof moods.&nbsp; He lived his life with absolute and total integrity in every\nway.&nbsp; He said what he believed and his actions proved his believes even\nlouder than his words.&nbsp; He was generous to a fault, giving to everyone all\nthe time, even total strangers.&nbsp; He loved his family.&nbsp; He loved his\nfriends.&nbsp; Anyone who knew Steve loved him.&nbsp; I have never heard anyone\nspeak an unkind word about Steve Gasser.&nbsp; He was a truly great man\u2026.I\nended that day\u2019s blog by sharing that we should each try our best to be the Steve\nin someone else\u2019s life\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s something I hope I am\nable to do \u2013 to be the Steve in as many people\u2019s lives as I can &#8211; I have a long\nway to go to go still if I am to ever get to Steve\u2019s level but at least I had\nhis amazing example of what I should be working toward.&nbsp; I really hope that one day, when my time in\nthis life comes to an end and I pass over to the other side and get to see\nSteve standing there with that huge smile on his face that he will be able to\nsay I made him proud \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Never underestimate the immeasurable impact you can have by being the \u201cSteve\u201d in people\u2019s lives.  I&#8217;ll never forget the impact Steve had on mine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"661\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/steve-and-amy-1024x661.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"5066\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/what-legacy-will-you-leave-behind\/steve-and-amy\/\" class=\"wp-image-5066\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/steve-and-amy-1024x661.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/steve-and-amy-300x193.png 300w, https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/steve-and-amy.png 1311w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"508\" height=\"354\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/steve-grave1.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"5064\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/what-legacy-will-you-leave-behind\/steve-grave1\/\" class=\"wp-image-5064\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/steve-grave1.png 508w, https:\/\/www.amyreesanderson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/steve-grave1-300x209.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 508px) 100vw, 508px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>~Amy Rees Anderson (author of the book \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/What-Awesome-Looks-Like-Business\/dp\/1946633763\">What Awesome Looks Like: How To Excel in Business &amp; Life<\/a>\u201d ) <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe effect you have on others is the most valuable currency there is.\u201d \u2013 Jim Carrey It was nine years ago yesterday, October 16, 2010, when I got the phone call letting me know that my best friend Steve Gasser had died. 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