Blog Assignment #1

     "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," is one of the most important, and eye opening quotes in the book, The Five People You Meet in Heaven. This quote means that all lives, whether unknown, or obvious, are all connected to each other. "That there are no random acts," means that everything we do or say, is for a reason. When you make a mistake, even though you didn't mean to, it was made for a reason, it could mean the life or death of another person. Like one of the mistakes Eddie made, as a child he ran into the middle of the street, to retrieve a ball in on coming traffic, the Blue Man swerves just before he could hit young Eddie, but because of it, he dies. Eddie doesn't realize his mistake at the time, and doesn't know the severity of it, but his mistake was made for a reason. It was the Blue Man's time to go. "That you can no more separate one life from another, than you can separate a breeze from the wind," means that there's not one person who can be completely unaffected, or separate, from another, kind of how a breeze is part of the wind, nearly impossible to differentiate between the two. All of our actions, mistakes included, whether good or bad, affect someone, somewhere, either negatively or positively.
     For example, say you are strolling along in the city, and you come across a family of two, a mother and her young daughter, and they are begging for money. You aren't sure if they are really hungry, or if the mother just wants money for drugs, so you just walk past them, not very concerned for their well-being. You go home, the homeless family already out of your mind. The next day however, while you are home healthy and happy, that mother and daughter you saw, and forgot about, is dead. They are dead because of your mistake; you decided not to give them money even though you could have easily spared it. That girl, who could have became your doctor, your lawyer, or our president, is now dead because of you, along with the opportunity of a better future. This story really opened my eyes and helped me learn how to see the bigger picture. Now I know to think twice before doing something. Maybe if everyone would stop and think to themselves, "If I do this, how could it affect some one else?" then maybe our world could become a better and safer place.