yes - that's exactly how i look at it. it's concentric circles
  of influence. But there's also the part of influence that I love
  -- the random encounters, the times you meet a person you've
  never met before and will never meet again - but like two
  electrons who shared opposite ends of a field once, their spins
  will forever influence one another no matter where they roam.
  "spooky action at a distance" love it. "