God's Will

                                                                      God’s Will

Joseph, the Blue Man, lectures Mr. Edward about how there are no strangers in the world, and how every human-beings’ life intercepts with the rest of their fellow neighbors’. In the story, it says, “No one can separate one life from another any more than someone can separate a breeze from the wind” (Albom, 75). No one can separate a breeze from the wind for the breeze is the wind. By definition, a breeze is a wind at speeds of 3 to 21 miles per hour. Wind is any moving current of air with no limit on the amount of speed. Both breezes and winds are made of the same basic elements; they both are moving pockets of air that give a cooling sensation to the body. Like the wind, people are made up of the same ingredients: a creator, passion, curiosity, love, and sorrow.  These basic ingredients make it possible for all life to affect another.

The Blue Man also proclaimed that there are no random acts in the world.  As a Christian I believe that the Lord knew me even before my parents knew each other. I also believe the Lord helps guide my future. Everyone has a purpose and everything has a reason. People might not know the reason for a loved one dying or why they decide not to get there college diploma at the time. Yet God has a plan for all of us and with God's plans nothing is a coincidence. Eventually we will find our purpose in life and the reasons for all our decisions in this life or our eternal life, like Eddie.  

In my opinion this quote is talking about blessings. Blessings do not have to be volunteer work or donating money.  They can be something small in our daily routines; a simple wave hello to people or a smile to everybody.  These acts can also be something large like sacrificing oneself for another.   We are all humans and therefore connected; what one person does affects someone else, that person does something for someone, and someone does something for you.  Nothing is random because God has a plan for each of us and those plans are woven together like fabric in a blanket. 

Chaos Theory

 The Blue Man says, "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 for me means that whatever you do there are always going to be consequences. They could be good or bad. One example from the book is the flashback that the Blue Man shows Eddie. He shows Eddie playing as a child with some of his friends and a ball. The ball goes over Eddie's head and into the street. As Eddie goes chasing after it he doesn't realize the car coming down the street. The Blue Man smashes down on the brakes and jerks the wheel to miss the child. The car skids and the tires screech, but somehow the Blue Man regains control over the vehicle and the crisis is averted. However, the adrenaline from the almost accident left the Blue Man's heart pumping so hard that he gets dizzy and just for a moment drops his head, but it was to late. The next time Eddie saw the Blue Man after that was in his coffin at his funeral. If Eddie hadn't gone into the road without looking all of the heartache could have been avoided. I think this is a good example of how the consequences of our actions can be very harsh, but they can also be wonderful and exciting.

Everybody is Connected Somehow and Don't Take Life For Granted

This quote, to me, means that everybody is connected and that you cannot take anyone's life for granted. Everybody is connected to someone whether by blood, by marriage, common interests, or by a death. In this case the characters were connected by a death. The Blue Man told Eddie that they were connected to each other because Eddie ran out in front of his car. In which the Blue Man died of a heart attack because of it. I feel connected to all the people that I hang out with because we either are blood or have common interests. Nobody has to feel connected to somebody, just as long as they know that in some way they are. In the book, Captain sacrificed his life for Eddie's, in which he told Eddie that he wouldn't leave him to die. He told Eddie that he shouldn't take anybody life for granted. I don't take anybody's life for granted, not even my own. I will sometimes tell people that they should do something meaningful with their lives because they don't ever know how much longer you have to live.