A Chain Reaction

"That there are no random acts. That we are all connected. That you can no more separate one life from another than you can separate a breeze from the wind." What does this mean to you?

I firmly agree with this statement. I believe that everything on Earth happens for a define reason. The reason why may be unclear to us at the moment, but maybe, as the book The Five People You Meet In Heaven says, it shall be further explained to us why a certain thing occurred in the way it did in our lives.
I also believe that everyone has a extraordinarily strong effect on each other. For example, had my mother never taught me manners and brought me up well, would I be the person I am today? Or had the forefathers of America ceased to exist? Would America be the country it is?
People can build each other up or tear people down by being in one another's life. Your life changes from day to day just because of the people surrounding you.
Take, for instance, Batman. If Robin didn't exist or just a mere witness of crime, how could Batman fight off villains by himself? He would be defeated too easily. If The Joker didn't exist or just wasn't evil, then what would be the point of Batman's superhero job? See how everyone has that effect on everybody else around them?
The other day at Wal-Mart, my mom and I had just finished shopping and we were exiting into the parking lot. A coke bottle fell out from a lady's cart in front of us. I scooped it up quickly and returned it to the lady. Maybe she needed that Coke for her kid's birthday party. If I wasn't there to get that bottle for her, it would've rolled off somewhere into the parking lot. She would've got all the way home before she realized it was missing.
Not able to find it anywhere, she would have had to rush back to the store before the party started. When she got back to the house with the Coke, everybody would already be there. Then, the mother would've realized that she was in such a rush, that she left the cake in the back seat of the car, and now the icing is all melted and nasty. And viola, a bunch of disappointed little kids. All because maybe my mom decided that we'll just go to Wal-Mart the next day.
The point is, everyone has at least some sort of an effect on your life, no matter when you cross paths. And I also think that everything you do is for a reason, whether it is regretted or not.