Somewhere there is an adult who still repeats a sentence a teacher said to them in 1994, and that teacher has no idea it happened. That's the kind of power that goes uncounted. Not force — consequence you never get to observe. What you said in passing. Who you were patient with. The thing you did on a day it would have been easier not to.
Beyond measure is close to literal: there's no instrument for it. You will never see the full ledger of what you've set moving. Inconvenient on a day you feel small. True regardless.