In your circle of friends, if you want to be known as the person who never forgets a birthday, you can be that person.

Or if you want to be the friend who is never too busy for a call, you can be.

Or the one who is reliable, or willing to help anyone, or always up for a laugh …

These qualities don’t have to be happenstance; they can be by design and intention.

It can go the other way, too, if we’re not careful. When we’re habitually late, or regularly inflexible, or never without complaint — we can be known in these ways too.

We are certainly more than our actions … but people come to know us through our actions.