Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Blog assignment #1 The Five People You Meet in Heaven

"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." To me this means we are all connected in one way or another. Everything we do or say effects the people around you whether you know it or not. I also think it means that everything we do is part of God's plan Everything happens for a reason. The first thing that comes to mind is when Eddie was a little boy and he ran in front of the car to get a baseball. He caused a death and didn't even know it. Another thing that comes to mind is on Eddies birthday when he went to the horse races. He didn't know she would drive up there and get in a car accident. That is another example of God showing us how everything has a plan and a reason. It's also saying that you can also make a significant impact on someone's life and not know you did something that good.
     "That there are no random acts. That we are all connected. That you can no more seperate one  life from another than you can seperate a breeze from the wind. "To me this means that all the people I've encountered and all the lives I've been a part of have affected me; as well as others. Also, to me this means that we should take every person and every event in our lives as special or important.
     "That there are no random acts." This tells me that incidents aren't truly accidents, but openings for opportunities down the road. "That we are all connected." This says that all the people I've encountered, or bumped into, have not been a meaningless greeting but another changed life.
     "That you can no more seperate one life from another than you can seperate a breeze from the wind." This sums it up, saying every life you partake in, each person you meet, and all memories you keep are all connected. No matter what you do or try to change, it's like seperating a breeze from the wind, we are all a part of each other's destinies.


    

Blog Assignment #1

                                          The Five People You Meet in Heaven
            "There are no random acts. That we are all connected. That you can no more seperate one life from another than you can seperate a breeze from the wind." To me, this quote means that every act has a consequence. Every person that you encounter in your life is there for a reason. Everything that you do will have an effect on people around you. For example, when Eddie chased the baseball into the street in front of that car, he caused a death without even knowing it. Another example is when Eddie went to the horse races on his birthday. He did not know that his wife would get in a car accident going to get him. God has a plan for each and everyone of us. Every person you have met and will meet in your life will have either a positive impact or negative impact on your life, whether you know it or not. Simple acts of kindness can change peoples lives. For example, Eddie just thinks of his job as a simple day of work. The little girl he meets in heaven teaches him a very important lesson. She tells him that his job is more than a job, it is a service. He does maintenance on rides that can be potentially dangerous. He save lives everyday at his work and doesn't even realize it. Everyone impacts everyone else's life, with or without knowing it.

Blog Assignment #1

           " That there are no random acts. That we are all connected.  That you can separate one life from another any more than you can separate a breeze from the wind."  
     To me this statement means to that everything in our life happens for a reason.  God put each one of us on this earth to influence someone in a good way and to be influenced by someone in a way that has a positive affect on us.  God places people in our lives that affect us in a certain way, whether you realize it or not.  God is always with us and we can never hide from him.  
     Just as  you can't separate a breeze from the wind.  You cannot separate the link we have to others.  It is always there and will always be there.  Most people take life for granted. You should not do this because everyone is here for a purpose.  Even if you never figure your impact on others lives, all you can do is do your best and try to be the best Christian you can be.  God provides us with many examples of how to deal with life and how to live our life.  If we are ever feeling guilty or upset we can pray to God because he is always listening.  God sacrificed his life for ours so that we do not live sheltered from his glory. 

Assignment #1

  "That there are no random acts. That we are all connected. That you can no more seperate one life from another than you can seperate a breeze from the wind." To me, this means that everything happens for a reason. That nothing is just an accident or a cuensidence, but fate. No one can seperate one life from another because we are all connected. Even the smallest of things happen for a reason that we yet to understand. But soon will. An example from the story would be when Eddie and the other soldiers got captured. Eddie distracted the enemy guards by jugleling some rocks, which he had learn how to do so as a kid. If he had never learned how to jugle they would of probably hadn't had a chance to escape. Eddie learning how to jugle as a kid saved their lives. That proves that everything that happens, happens for a reason. God has a plan for us. We just need to make shure we make the right decisions and follow in his path.               

Blog Assignment #1

     " That there are no random acts. That we are all connected. That you can no more seperate one life from another than you can seperate a breeze from the wind." To me this means everything is planned, nothing is at all random. Bringing up one instance from Eddie's life, his captain shot him in the leg to save his life and continuing to make sure the rest of the squad was safe on the way out of the prision camp he stepped on a land mine. Something like that couldn't just happen by chance it is entirely by design, God's design. I know this is true because I have had complete and total strangers walk up to me on the darkest days and made sure I was okay. Again that couldn't just happen by chance. I look at it like this; life is like a resturaunt kitchen, there is one chef and he knows at one point every night he is going to have to make a certain dish. It doesn't matter whats going on outside that kitchen he is going to make that dish. Not only that there are all the ingriedents to make that dish,the ingriedents are like the people who are put in our lives by God. They are all there to do something to get you to your final destination in life, Heaven. Every step you take and every stranger you pass are effected in some way by your actions whether the outcome is good or bad, you are still leaving an impact on them. No matter how much you think no one cares about you and you have the thought of suicide, stop and look around you will find someone that cares, someone that is going to try and stop you. Even when you think you are on the lowest of lows, someone even if you have never seen them before in your life will provide hope to a brighter future. In all reality we are leaves in a pond, we are all together yet we do not realise it.
                 Blog Assignment #1      The Five People You Meet In Heaven



                         
            “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.”  This means to me that nothing is ever random. Everything and everyone has a purpose and a reason. Even the small things as of chasing a ball into the street, as of what Eddie did as a child, may change lives. Without ever knowing it, Eddie had caused a death, simply by getting his ball out of the road. Even the little things count. God has a plan with our lives. No one in this world could make it without someone else’s help. We all rely on each other, were all connected. Simple acts of kindness or even rudeness could change a life. Maybe someone’s having a bad day, if you simply be nice to them you could change the way they feel. People may even be rude to each other without thinking about it. Making one rude remark could change the way a person looks at himself. Everyone impacts everyone else’s life, with or without knowing it.  As students we change lives. We give teachers a purpose to teach, give principals a school to look over, we give companies a reason to make school supplies, and many more lives are impacted by us just going to school. Because of students those people have jobs that impact their family. Without their jobs they might not be able to support their family. There is a strong yet invisible connection through everyone in this world.



Connor Elsea's Blog Assignment


        All things are connected. For example; an elderly gentlemen walks down the street, aggravated from a long day at work. He looked upon a little girl, hand in hand with her mother, and as their glances met the girl smiled at him. The elderly man smiled back, thoroughly enthused by the girls happiness. Once the man had passed, the girl glanced back and him. During the process the girl stumbled on a crack in the sidewalk, falling out of her mother's grip and scraping her knee. The mother grabbed the girl and ran into the nearest store to purchase a bandage. They tipped the cashier when he was done ringing the bandage up. Meanwhile, at the elderly man's home, he was embracing his wife as he walked in the door, her eyes brightened with the random affection due to the mans happiness.
        All things are connected. The man caused the girl to trip, which without the trip, her mother would not have gone into the store. Little known to either, the man they tipped as the mother and daughter left the store, would not have had money for dinner that night without their tip; and if the elderly man wouldn't have been in a good mood the next morning, he would have not worked as hard as he did the next day doing his job, which would have in turn, caused him to be fired.
        All things are connected. Everyone's actions fall into place with other people's lives. Your actions effect everyone you know and everyone they know, which creates the cycle that rules the world.

By Connor Elsea.

Tuesday, August 7, 2012


"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."  I agree with this quote. An example from the novel that comes immediately to my mind is when Eddie, as a little boy, almost gets hit by a car. Without his knowledge he causes the death of a stranger. At that moment their lives became connected. Eddie’s job was to fix the carnival rides each day and, in a way, that gave people joy. His life, like all of ours, affected other people everyday. This quote really rang true to me because I have seen this happen when my brother was diagnosed with cancer. Countless people came together to help out my family while we were going through such an immensely hard time. My brother showed an amazing amount of character through his illness and even shared his story at many different events. We learned that people were touched by his situation and were praying for him as far away as England and Afghanistan. That experience really made me realize that no one can live a life without playing a role in someone else’s.
                        Blog Assignment #1 "The Five People You Meet In Heaven"

"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." This means that everything happens for a reason, whether good,bad,happy, or sad. It is all part of God's great plan for us on Earth.We are all connected in life, like an enormous puzzle that makes a wonderful picture. Losing one life would change the picture, if it were not for God replacing that life with a new one,so the puzzle is once whole again. To separate one life from another, is impossible. You could move them 200 miles apart,but what one does affects the other.

Blog Assignment #1: The Five People You Meet in Heaven

                    "That there are no random acts of kindness. That we are all connected. That you can no more separate one life from another than you can separate a breeze from the wind." Every random act of kindness you do is not really that random. You might think its random but it's not. God put that opportunity there so you would have a chance to do it. We are all connected, and  we are all family. If you get hurt other people are hurting because they see you hurting. Why? Because  we all care about each, love each other, and look out for our family. You can't take a person away from somone else. Just like you can't take a breeze from the wind. You might can take a person from someone where they can't see them but they will always still be with them.God puts people in your life for a reason. You should never take that for granted, and always be thankful for what he does.

Blog Assignment #1- The Five People You Meet In Heaven


“There are no random acts. That we are all connected. That you can no more separate one life from another than you separate a breeze from the wind.” This means that everything and everyone has a purpose in your life and all have the potential to affect you mentally or physically. We may think that an act is random, but these acts were in the plan of our lives from the very beginning, and each of us are connected. God can connect you to someone you don’t even know by a compliment or insult to play a role in someone’s life. God determines life or death, so that when one dies, another is born. 

Eddie’s action was connected to the blue man’s death. Eddie went to get his ball out of the street. When the blue man saw him, he swerved out of the way and had a heart attack from a weak heart. In this situation was a cause and effect. We are equal as human beings and our life affects the lives of others.

Monday, August 6, 2012

The Blue Man's Quote (Blog Post #1- The Five People You Meet in Heaven

     "That there are no random acts. That we are all connected. That you can no longer separate one life from another can you separate a breeze from the wind." This quote means to me that you always influence the lives of others. God puts you in others' lives in some way, shape, or form for a reason. You may not realize the impact you have on their lives, but you may save a life by something you say or do even if you just think it's the right thing to do. For example, even a small offering to a church fund that seems to be pointless in your opinion, may drastically change the life of a person you never knew existed. Or, you might send a text to someone in a bad situation and turn their entire life around. However, it could also affect both people. If you sit down in an accountability group or even just a group of people you really trust and have a deep, long talk about things that are bothering each other and things you regret then give and receive advice and support, everyone is most likely affected by the talk. Even things that people have used to influence your life you might use and influence someone else's life. God puts people in your life and puts you in other people's lives. Everyone's stories are connected, interlinked, whether we realize it or not. God knows your entire story, even the parts you don't even know. He makes it to where we are part of His plan. Even though the smallest things can affect your future, it still works into God's plan for the world.

Blog Assignment #1: The Five People You Meet In Heaven

"There are no random acts. That we are all connected. You can no more seperate one life from another than you can seperate a breeze from the wind." This quote explains the affect that our actions, as individuals, have on each other. Life is like a giant spider web. Each life is a strand of silk, and each strand is connected. If one strand breaks, it changes the whole dynamic of the rest of the web. Suddenly, there may be more strain on the strands at the top because they are trying to keep the rest of the web from fraying. Our lives are all intertwined. Everything we do affects some one else. Whether it be setting a good example for a small child, or crashing into some one's car, killing the other person. Some may call this fate, whereas I call it God's plan. He gives us the opportunity every day to make a choice, already knowing which path we shall take. He places others' paths across ours, knowing that we will affect eachother. The outcome may be good; the outcome may be bad. But in the end there is a lesson learned, and we always come out stronger than we were before.

Sunday, August 5, 2012

Blog Assignment #1

"There are no random acts. That we are all connected. That you can no more separate one life from another than you separate a breeze from the wind." This quote means that everything happens for a reason. God makes every little thing happen for a reason. Whether it is negative or positive, he always has a reason. For example when someone dies another is born. "We are all connected." This means we all influence peoples lives. God makes us do things to have an effect on others. It may be things such as saying "good morning" or telling your mom you love her before you leave for school; when doing so making your mother have a positive outlook for the rest of the day. All because God gave you the idea to tell her four simple words. On a larger scale, in The Five People You Meet in Heaven, the blue man swerves out of the way avoiding running over the child Eddie. Saving Eddie, but killing himself from a heart attack. That is what I interpret this prompt to mean.

Blog Assignment #1 Works of Art

        Mitch Albom, the author of The Five People You Meet in Heaven, had a purpose when he wrote the story. He was trying to reach his readers and teach them an important lesson. "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." This quote simply explains that everything in life happens for a reason. God is like a great artist. The artist takes their time and each stroke is thought out and carefully placed. Like the artist, God makes each decision carefully and thinks about what's best for each person. All of these careful strokes eventually turn into a wonderful work of art. The works of art can be compared to a person and their life. God's careful decisions make each of us who we are. The artist eventually makes more works of art and they turn into a collection of pieces. The pieces are connected by similarities in the artist's style and vision. God connects each person like a piece of his own collection and nobody can separate themselves from God's collection. There are dark and bright spots in every piece of art, but they always meet the artist's expectations. God, like the artist, is always proud of his end results. We as viewers and humans sometimes don't always see the vision the artist has in mind, but it all makes sense in the end. Mitch Albom was trying to tell us that we can't choose our fate and the piece of art we turn out be is God's choice.            

Saturday, August 4, 2012

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." This means that everything happens for a specific reason. From the beginning to the end,God has our whole life planned out for us.No matter how different our lives are, they are all somehow connected to each other. The way that we live our lives and what we do affect how other people live.

      Everything that happens to us is no mistake, it happens for a reason. What we do is all a part of a bigger picture that God has planned out for us. The decisions that we make in our lives are very important. All the choices that we make affect how other people will go about their day. A simple kind gesture to someone can change their whole day. No matter what impact we have on each other, positive or negative, we are all connected.

Blog Assignment #1

The prompt "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." to me, means that what every you do that may seem pointless, it was done for a reason. Fate brought the action into the world not for you but for the people around you, because it may effect them more than you think. Everyone is connected some how in some way. Whether its through genealogy, or a person you saw in public. Those people that you are connected to are connected to thousands of other people. Since you know that one person, thousands of stranger are connected to you, and the thousands of people for each of those thousands of people. These random acts bring you closer to more people. There is no escaping that fact that everyone is connected. You would have to have never seen a person in your entire lifetime to not be connected to anyone. That is something no human being has ever done. The prompt will remain true until that happens. That day is far from now I believe. So keep this in mind, you may just find a reasons for things you've done in your lifetime.

Friday, August 3, 2012

The Five People You Meet in Heaven Blog Post

"There are no random acts.  We are all connected.  You can no more separate one life from another than you can a breeze from a wind."

To me this quote is the view of fate and destiny as viewed by the author and many others.  This way of thinking suggests that we are set on a predefined path from birth to death. We don't know our paths and we cannot change them.  Everything we do is decided by fate, as is everything that happens to us.  There is no randomness in the things that happen. The fact that Mrs. Dupuy chose this book for our summer reading was not random, nor are the ways that it has affected us.

The quote mentions that we are all connected. This includes people who we do and don't know.  It's easy to see how some people have affected us, like our parents, friends, and other people we have formed relationships with.  Others are not so clear, like Eddie and the Blue Man's relationship.  Eddie's one action completely changed (and ended) the Blue Man's life.  Although it seemed they didn't have any connection what-so-ever, it is later revealed that Eddie attended his funeral, not even knowing that his actions killed the Blue Man.

The fact that we are all connected is unchangeable.  You can't alter your fate. You cannot be separated from the souls you are entwined with.  Whether you affect each other in good or bad ways, fate has put you together for a reason.  The reason may be unknown to you, but in the greater scheme of things it will all come together.

In conclusion, the random acts are not so random and with every thing we do another life is affected and put back onto the path that fate has set out for them.

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." This statement means to me that there are no accidents. Good can come out of a bad situation. It can lead you to meet a new friend or maybe someone who might become your best friend. Sometimes you might not get exactly what you want, but by not getting what you want might give someone else something they need. God has a plan for us all, we just have to be patient and have faith that when it happens, if it's not what we want or how we planned it to be, it's all apart of something bigger than us. The decisions we make in tough situations can effect other people in a good or bad way depending on how we handle the whole situation. Even the smallest things we do can make the biggest difference in someones life. It could completely turn their life around. Like the Blue Man swerving his car so he wouldn't hit Eddie when he was younger. It cost the Blue Man his life, but saving little Eddie's. Giving Eddie the chance to live his life , and in the end sacraficing his life to save the little girls life at the amusement park.

Thursday, August 2, 2012

Blog Assignment #1

          "That there are no random acts. That we are all connected. That you are no more separate one life from another than you can separate a breeze from the wind." To me, this quote can interpreted in many different ways. One can see it scientifically; about how people are connected by bloodlines and ancestors. Or, how the results of a physical action can effect everyone. To me though, I see it more in a fate-inspired way. I see it as God connecting us all like a giant connect the dots picture. Everyone you meet in life serves a purpose. God puts certain people in our lives to teach us a lesson. Some times the lessons hurt and you learn that even though the lesson my have pained you, the lesson pays off and something great happens in return. You just have to keep in mind that all things happen for a reason. Anything you do or say or even think can effect somebody. By doing even the littlest things, such as leaving a shoe on the floor, or telling someone their hair looks nice, can have a huge impact on somebody. So however you see it; scientifically or by fate, I think we can all agree that we are all somehow connected and it really is a small world in the long run.

Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Blog Assignment #1 The Five People You Meet in Heaven

"That there are no random acts. That we are all connected. That you can no more separate one person from another than you can separate a breeze from the wind." This quote means to me that everything happens for a reason. You may not understand why or think it's unfair, but it's all part of God's plan for us. God has a way of making all of our decisions in life fit like puzzle pieces connecting everyone's lives. From the actions that we make daily,we impact peoples lives positively and negatively. The effect on them may be small or large, good or bad, but you're still changing their lives. For example, a posivite impact would be acknowledging someone and bringing a smile to their face. A negative impact would be fighting with one another or even a simple frown. Something could seem so small and insignifigant to us, but it could mean the world to another person. We were all created unique.

Blog assignment #1

         Everything we do doesn't always have a strong reason, but the effect is more than we could imagine. The effect isn't always our fault though. If we knew the effects of all our actions then we would all create a future in the present. Then when everyone's actions were combined the effect would still be quite surprising. Sometimes a "bad" action is needed for a "good" outcome. But then we can't know that can we?
         "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." This means little to nothing to me since most of our acts that we perform are in a state of mind. As we perform them we focus on a primary goal or effect. Anything else means nothing. I consider this a weakness, but I also consider it nature. Some people break nature. These people have a considerable gift, but a burden in another's eyes. To sum it all up, even true as that statement may be, there isn't much we can do about it.
     Even since I was a child, I have always had the suspicion that there are no random acts. I have always felt that every human being on Earth has a connection with another no matter how far away. There has been many experiments to test this theory, and the end result is that there is an average of 7 degrees of separation between every person  from one point to another. No matter what you do, that action always has an effect on another person. Even something as simple as oversleeping has an effect. If you oversleep you can miss the bus, if you miss the bus someone else can miss the bus do to the fact that it came earlier because it did not use time slowing down and stopping for you to get on.
    A breeze and a wind have very similar definitions, but they are not the same thing. This is the same thing with human beings. Although we might share aspects with other human beings, we can never truly be the same thing at heart. Even if you have an identical twin you are not the same simply because that person is not you and will never be you. You can look the same and even act the same but, but you can do different things in life and not have the same memories as your twin so you are not the same person. I believe that God made us our own person not to be the same, but to be different in our own special ways. But in the end we all play out as we were supposed to and created the picture we were meant to create. Much like the way the wind and a breeze move a tree. This is what the passage "That there are no random acts. That we are all connected. That you can no more separate one life from another that you can separate a breeze from the wind." means to me as an individual.

Blog Assignment(Mrs.Dupuy's Class)

The quote “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” means to me that everything in our lives happens for a specific reason. If it happens, then it was meant to happen even if it didn’t benefit you in a positive way. Whether we want to believe it or not, every single person in our life has made a difference in it. I believe that God placed them in our life to test us on how we choose to respond to the situations and people we come upon in our lifetime. When the Blue Man says, 'That you can no more separate a life from another...', he means that we can't take out the people we don't want in our lives out. Therefore we cross paths with people we may not have wanted to have passed in life. I know that I have affected peoples' lives in positive and in negative ways. Some know this but some of my affections may have been very subtle or unknown. Although we may not understand this, God will always guide our lives the way wants it to go, for better or worse. We have to use these people's lessons in our lives to live a better life.  This is what the quote made by the Blue Man at the beginning of The Five People You Meet In Heaven means to me.

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.” To me this means that everything we say, everything we do, and everything that happens has a purpose and can make an impact on a life. Things people did years ago such as creating the television had an impact on lives for many years and is still impacting lives. That’s just one big thing that impacted lives. Little things count too even though we may not notice it. For example, saying hey to someone could bring a smile to that person’s face, and that bit of happiness could carry on through that person showing an act of kindness to someone else and so on. That one word being said could end up bringing happiness to an entire town of people. Although sometimes a person could impact a person’s life in a negative way. This could happen through a fight between friends, violence at school, or even at home. Whether it is technology, an act of kindness, or violence all these things are how we connect with each other and how we all impact each others lives. Everything we come in contact with in our lives forms opinions, thoughts, desires, and how we chose to live. They also play a major roll in how we present ourselves to each other. They’re all what makes us who we are, and though we may not understand why things happen God put them in our life for a reason.