A Changeable Future

Even if our life now doesn't look so great, don't give up on trying to make it great. You have the ability to change your future. We all have a changeable future.
Eddie thought his life was horrible, so he gave up on trying to make it better. But in the end, he had realized if he had only made an effort to change little things in his life, it would have been a little better.
Eddie wanted so badly to find out who the little hands were he had felt when he had died; he wasn't expecting it to be the little village girl's hands. Also, Eddie had wished he had saved the little girl, but if he did he wouldn't have been alive. Thanks to the captain he was alive.
Never give up on your life. Whether its good or bad. You never know what the future holds!

Unexpected Fate

        Eddie didn't know that the end of his life would be the beginning of a new journey. He thought his life was meaningless; come to find out, it was filled with many stories that he his was blind to. When he had met the Blue Man ,he didn't know that he had risked his life for him. He also did not even think anything of it when he had run out to catch that ball.

  Eddie had learned many things throughout his journey in heaven. One of the things he learned was that everyday God may allow a person to die in order to keep you alive and to finish your journey on Earth. Eddie had no idea that the day he was shot during battle was to save his life. After meeting the Captain in heaven, he then realized that it was only for his good.
    While meeting everyone in heaven, Eddie realized that his life did in fact have a meaning to it,  and that was to love his family and be the best he can be (Even though it didn't work out that way). At the end of his journey he finally found out whose hands he had felt when he died. And it was very surprising to find out that it was a little girl from a village which he had burned during the war. He was sad that he couldn't save them, but the little girl had brought to his attention that it was fine ; the kids were happy that they were in a safe place now.
      Everyone has the ability to change their fate. It's  about how much effort you put forth. Your fate can be good or bad. In Eddies case it was unexpected.

The Domino Effect

    When an action of some sort occurs, it affects the people around it. Those people who are immediately affected often end up affecting others indirectly. When one pushes the first domino in a line, it lands on the next domino that continues to strike the next one until they have all fallen down. Even though the first domino never touches the last one, it could not have fallen without the first one moving.

   The main character in this novel, Eddie, acts as the last domino. The event of Nick’s key falling out of his pocket, during the roller coaster ride, set off a series of events. When the key slowly grinds away at the wire holding the ride in place, the result is the wire being cut. While Eddie found out what is wrong with the ride, it soon collapsed, causing his death. When he dies, it set off another new chain of events.

   The quote from the novel The Five People You Meet in Heaven reads, “That there are no random acts. That we are all connected. That you can no more separate one life from another than you can a breeze from the wind.” I believe that every action is important and that everyone and everything is affected by it one way or another. Such as during the Boston Bombing, when many of us were not actually there, we felt connected to the bombing, and became affected by it. Once someone was changed by it, it would change their life forever, and set off a new chain of events.

Everything Serves a Purpose

"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." These words were spoken to Eddie by the Blue Man to teach Eddie that everything, every act, every person has a purpose.

"That there are no random acts. . ." To me this means that there is a resaon every act is committed and  that every action has a reaction that will lead you to your fate. Life is not a game of chance. In the book this is expressed when the captain made the decision to run ahead of his escaping group. As a result of his actions, the captain ended up stepping on a land mine, clearing the path and saving the groupo from certain disaster.

". . . That we are all connected. . ." I believe that this means we are all bound by something greater than us all. This bind gives us the urge to do good things for each other. To help one another. During the ending moments of Eddie's life, he felt this urge. When the key lodged inside of Freddy's Free Fall, it slowly started cutting at the cable. As the cable broke, Eddie noticed the little girl standing helplessly under the falling cart. He then felt the necessity to jump out and save her. To help her. To risk his life to save her's because he felt the connection.

". . . That you can no more separate one life from another than you can separate a breeze from the wind." In my mind this means that all people are the same, no matter their social class or economic status. No person is greater than another. Not all people feel this way, however. For the Blue Man, because of his tinted skin, he was considered a freak. He was abnormal to others. Some might even say he was strange. Though he was the same as everyone else, people saw themselves as better than he was. The Blue Man was exactly like them, it was a medical side effect that was beyond his control that caused him to be this way.

To sum this up, everyone is connected in life as part of a giant complex plan. To where if a person crosses paths with someone, they will play a significant role in their life. Whether it be good or bad. That every choice a person makes can impact a complete stranger tremendously. In simplest terms, what you do can change a person's life, because like in a pulley system, everything is connected.

One Small Act In Life

                "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." There's not one thing in this world that does not have a cause-and-effect scenario. When Eddie first got in Heaven, he met the Blue Man, the first of his five people. The Blue Man gave him his first lesson, that there are no random acts in life, everything that happens has a reason for it to happen. This proves as a huge meaning to the everyday life, that just one small act can make a difference in the biggest of circumstances. Even the smallest of acts, as in not high fiving your friend back, or even like Eddie and kicking a ball in the street, can change a whole other life forever, whether you know it or don't.
                  I think that what Mitch Albom, the author of this novel, was trying to explain to us about "The Five People You Meet in Heaven," doesn't necessarily have to be in Heaven. It can be taken place anywhere in the mortal, religious, or scientific world as it wants to, because it's about learning from your life when you lived. That it can take a whole life time to learn just one small thing. Referring back to how the Blue Man died whenever Eddie was only a little boy, and Eddie not knowing at all, because it can take a whole lifetime to learn about what was done, and that just one small act, can change it all.

Pathways

                                                                      Pathways
     "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." Our lives are, as it says in the quote, "connected." This means only one word to me, and that word is "destiny." In my veiw, our lives are guided by God, and we usually follow the "path" chosen by Him. This path has many "intersections" where everybody's lives affect each other's. Even if we stray off God's "paths," we will still change another person's life eventually.
     There is a great example in The Five People You Meet in Heaven. In the story, the Blue Man tried to swerve around Eddie when Eddie was a kid, trying to get the ball out of the road. Due to this, the Blue Man died afterward. If Eddie was not playing that day, another kid would take his place, and the Blue Man would most likely try to dodge this kid and get in the horrible wreck. The Blue Man would then meet the boy in question. Eddie could have also looked down the street, if he was playing that day, and see the car coming. That would make Eddie stay off the road and also let the Blue Man live.
     There is another example that many people can relate to: real life. It can be anything from bumping into other people in the supermarket which may delay them from getting into an accident or cause one later. Another example is a friend could get a text that changes his life. The death of a loved one, mother, or other relative. These things show how all of our lives are connected.

Why We Are Here

``That there are no random acts. That were all connected. That you can no more separate one life from another than you can separate a breeze from the wind.`` This quote could mean many different things, but personally I think of why we are here. God puts us on this Earth for a reason. We may not know why we are here now, though we will throughout our life. For example, a man named Shane Koyczan recently made a video on Youtube named ``To This Day Project`` about himself and two other people getting bullied as children. Their stories have inspired me and many other people to protest against bullying. That story is proof things happen for a reason. Every day our words and actions have an effect on people; it is our choice to make them either good or bad. We should be kind to our peers because we would want them to be kind to us. Picking up something somebody dropped, motivating someone, and smiling to people when they are not having a good day are all little things that can leave the biggest impact on a person. We have to choose not to make bad decisions because like a row of dominos, everything can fall down. God puts us on this Earth to inspire, teach, change the world, and to do so many things. That is why we are here.

Inevitable Fate

          At the beginning of Eddie’s journey through heaven, he is told by the blue man, “That there are no random acts. That we are all connected.  That you can no more separate one life than you can separate a breeze from the wind.”  Personally, this quote means everything happens for a reason and has a cause and effect. God’s plan is already laid out for you, therefore; everything you do is not random. There is always reason behind the decisions you make throughout your life. Within God’s plan for you, you encounter people with or without knowing it. Some things do not have to happen in front of your face to affect you, affect someone else, or happen because of you.  The phrase, “If a tree in the forest falls and no one is around to hear it, does it still make a sound?” is an example of how clueless we all really are. We think things are easier to believe unless it is in front of us, but that does not mean there is no effect that occurred because of it. We are connected through these effects no matter how small they may seem. A perfect example would be the butterfly effect, which explains how something you have done affects someone and then they affect someone else and so on. We can all be traced through the chain reaction of life.  As much as a person may want to change things, we sadly cannot.  God gave us a fate that is inevitable. Our fate includes the causes and effects, the reason behind choices, and people behind them.  We face a reality where we believe we are in control of our lives, but we are truly controlled by a fate we cannot escape. We are connected to a chain reaction we cannot stop just as the breeze cannot separate itself from the wind. 

Randomness is Nonexistent

        "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." In my opinion, this quote means that every decision we make and every action we make can affect others around us, whether we realize that or not. A simple, every day occurrence to me could lead to a catastrophic event for someone else, and there is no action that goes unnoticed. Every person in the world contributes to each other, whether it be good or bad. We, as human beings, are all connected, and small acts of kindness can rub off on someone else, sometimes on a person who you have never met before. Fate has a big role to play in life, and like Eddie discovers many times during the story, everything happens for a reason.  Randomness is nonexistent on Earth, and even the most miniscule of actions can have a huge impact on the lives of others, just like in the story, where Eddie finds out that he has impacted the Blue Man and Ruby,  two people whom he had never before or had any contact with. This shows the delicateness of life and that we should be careful in every action we take. We are all caught in the web of life, with one person closely connected to the next, whether that be a friend or a stranger. Because of this, we should all have a positive outlook on life, and try to make the ripple effect of our actions a good occurrence rather than a catastrophic one. Even though many of these chain reactions are impossible to predict, I believe that thinking before you act can be a matter of life or death in the long run. All in all, I believe that this quote is a mirror image of our lives because there, in reality, are no acts that fly below the radar, and we are all closely knit, even if we may not realize it.

Connection: The Truth to Reality

          In the novel, The Five People You Meet in Heaven, The author quotes "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 think that this is the main moral of the story because the idea of it is repeated in every chapter. 
         The first part of the quote, "That there are no random acts" means that everything that you do, say, or mess up, has an effect on someone else. This is proven in the italicized part of the chapter, The Second Lesson when Eddie runs out in the road to get his baseball and is just missed by the Ford Model A. The driver (the blue man) ended up having a heart attack. The blue man's life is taken and Eddie's life is saved. 
         The next part of the quote, "That we are all connected" means that every human is affected by other humans, or in other words, anything you do, you're affecting someone else, not just yourself. In The Blue Man's story of his life, when he soiled himself and his father got upset with him, he became stressed and was prescribed Silver Nitrate, which turned him blue. Thus, The Blue Man was affected by his father.
         The third part of the quote, "That you can no more separate one life from another than you can separate a breeze from the wind" says that we are affecting one another whether we know it or not. For instance, when Eddie chases his baseball across the street and the blue man had a heart attack, Eddie didn't know that he was affecting The Blue Man, but as a matter of fact, he affected the outcome of his life.

The Connection

       When the writer says, "That there are no random acts," he is saying that everything happens for a reason. That everything we do or say happens because there is a reason for it. Also, I think he is trying to say that even if something seems pointless, it actually happened for a reason. That even the smallest detail of your life has a purpose.

        To me, when the author says," That we are all connected," I think that he is trying to tell us that everything that we do affects someone else whether we realize it or not. Even though we may not know it, we have affected someone else's life. No matter how big or small the change was, our action had an impact on their life.  Our life is affected by other peoples actions or  words and our words and actions affect other people.                                                                            

      Also, with his statement, " That you can no more separate one life from another than you can separate a breeze from the wind." I think he is trying to say that we affect people lives whether we like it or not. That there is no way that we can stop ourselves from affecting someone's life. Therefore, we all have impacts on each other's  life. Whether you have good impacts on someone's life or bad impacts on their life is up to you.

The Connection of Our Lives

        "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 find this phrase to be very important and that people should really look into what it means. To me it means that we all have a purpose in life and we affect one another's lives.
         Each and everyday we do something that effects our lives or someone else's, whether its texting someone or telling a stranger good morning, we effect each other. Just s millionth at someone could effect their day. You can either destroy someone's good times or cheer them up after a terrible day. That just goes to show that we are all connected.

Meaningful Life Lesson in Death

     "That there are no random acts. That we are all connected. That you can no more separate one life from another than you can a breeze from a wind." That was the lesson the Blue Man had to teach Eddie for either of them to move to the next stage. The Blue Man showed Eddie how his actions affect both him and those around him. To me, this mean that everything that happens to you or someone else has a purpose. Nothing is meaningless. Every end leads to a new beginning.
     Whether you recognize it or not, your life is impacted by people and things every day. The crater left by this impact may not be significant, but it still leaves a mark. These situations vary from your pastor running into you on the sidewalk to a homeless man begging for change at an intersection. Not only can someone impact you, but you can alter their life as well. It could be as simple as a gentle wave to the new kid in school or as significant as pulling someone out of a burning vehicle.
     There are no coincidences. Everything that happens is part of a greater plan. The way you say hello to someone could determine their attitude for the rest of the day, or have a far greater impact. Nobody's life is meaningless. Everyone has a purpose.

We All Have a Part to Play

               "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 can be interpreted in various ways. To me, it means every decision we make effects more people than we know. Sometimes it effects them for better and sometimes for worse. Even one decision that seems pointless or trivial to me could possibly cause a tragedy for someone else. It also means that even if we think we have no effect on anyone or anything, we all may have effected someone's life, whether we know it or not. It's as if everyone is part of a bigger picture that none of us truly realize. The quote makes me understand that we all have a role to play on Earth. Thinking that any small decision could drastically change anyone's life seems insurmountable. If we are all really as connected as the book implies, then there is almost nothing we can do to stop the negative or positive outcomes for which we will be responsible because these outcomes seem inevitable. This means that everyone's life has a massive impact, and we can't stop that.  I feel that many people would not really want to know the effects that they have had on other people because of the responsibility that they would feel for a negative outcome. If we can destroy lives with a simple choice, like crossing the street and not knowing that it could effect others, then we need to do our best to make positive outcomes on lives when we can.

Life Connections

     The Five People You Meet in Heaven has more than one message from the author that are meant to teach you something. Here is an example of one of those  statements."That there are no random acts. That we are all connected. That you can no more separate one life from another than you can a breeze from a wind." This quote is  stating that everything you do will have a consequence, whether it be positive or negative. When you do something it will either affect you or someone around you. This may even be a reaction that you don't even realize has happened. A great example of this in The Five People You Meet in Heaven is when Eddie goes in the street to retrieve a ball and ends up killing the Blue Man without realizing it.
     This quote is also saying that every life is connected. If you are across  the globe or just down the street from each other, everyone has an impact on someone else's life. It says "You can not separate one life from another than you can a breeze from the wind." This means that you cannot separate people's  lives, because in the end we are all connected as one. Over all, this statement is saying that every life is part of a whole, and we are all equals on this Earth. Personally, I feel that this quote is accurate and inspiration to many people.

     Payton Chustz
     July 24, 2013

A Life of Nothing

A Life of Nothing

“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 the breeze from the wind.” Those are the very sentences that contradict Eddie’s entire perspective of his life. The life he referred to as “a life of nothing.” “That there are no random acts,” means exactly what it says. It says that nothing goes unplanned; everything serves a purpose at some point to someone. God has arranged for everything to be just the way it is. No matter how big or small it may be. “That we are all connected” is exactly what it is led on to be, also. We are all connected in some way or another, what we may do today will affect someone tomorrow, or what we do here will affect someone over there and vice versa. We do not always know the reason for everything that happens or maybe we do we just cant make peace with the facts, so we shut them out. “That you can no more separate one life from another than you can separate a breeze from the wind.” In a nutshell, that means that if you go from one person to the next we all have some kind of effect on the other. Eddie thought his actions in his life added up to about a hundred times zero. Eddie’s perspective of his life was that he, in fact, ha “a life of nothing.” He came to realize that he had a huge impact on his life acquaintances and many more. I believe God has a plan for everyone in the world, we are supposed to do what he has planned and we will, one day, get our time in his kingdom. I mean, that is the real meaning of life. Isn’t it?

All of it Matters

"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 means a lot to me. It means that everything you do affects someone else, either positively or negatively. For example, the Blue Man's death allowed Eddie to live. The Captain shot Eddie in the leg so he would get out of the hut and not burn to death. There are no random acts. Everyone is connected in some way. Whether its by affecting them or saving their life. The Blue Man taught Eddie  "Faith does not govern life and death. If it did, no good person would die young." Everything happens for a reason. Sometimes you don't know exactly why that happened. Even if someone doesn't seem significant to you any bit, they are in some way. Remember that when you are doing something. All of it matters.

There are no random acts in life...

This theme meant a lot to me . It means that everything happens for a reason. There are no random events in life. All lives and experiences are interconnected in some way, and even the little things you do can affect other people's lives and experiences dramatically.The theme of this story is that no life is a waste, no matter how seemingly insignificant-and that there are no random acts, because all are connected. The profound but simple truths in this poignant story  reflect the themes that all is one, there are no random acts, and that peace, learning and growth face us on the Other Side.The Blue Man teaches Eddie his first lesson, which is that events are not random and lives intersect for a certain reason. There are really no random acts in life , and that fairness does not govern life and death . The Blue Man taught Eddie that good things come from bad events . For example , his death allowed Eddie to live . Any action we think is random could cost someone's life . This theme is saying that every man's actions had a way of affecting other lives . 

Everything Happens for a Reason

“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 the breeze from the wind.” To me, this means multiple things. Every second of everything you do was and is planned out. It all happens for a reason. There’s no mistakes in life. People can be taken or added at any time and we wont know about it until it happens. Some die so others can live, but it’s just the way of life. Everyone is connected and if one person was missing from your life, it would be totally different. There’s always someone, whether you realize it or not, who has made an impact on your life, or whose life you've impacted. You don’t have to know them. It could be someone you smiled at walking down the street, but maybe that smile changed their life. All of the things you do, big or small, can impact not only you, but everyone around you.

Connected

     "That there are no 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 me?
    In my opinion, when the quote states,"That there are no random acts," it means that everything happens for a reason. For example, when the captain shot Eddie in the leg while Eddie was trying to save the little girl in the burning hut, it was for a reason. It saved Eddie's life. "That you can no more separate one life from another than you can separate a breeze from the wind," means that any person's actions, big or small, can effect another person's life, deeply. For example, when Eddie was playing baseball, and he ran out in the road to get the ball, it caused the blue man's death.
     This quote is very true. In fact, if I were traveling on vacation and my family stopped to buy gasoline for the car, this would pay an employee to provide for his family. Although my family and I wouldn't think about this, it is true. Any act can change somebody's life, at any moment.
   In conclusion, I believe that people should be more careful, and think about other people, as well as themselves. Despite this, everything happens for a reason. Therefore, even if people changed their actions, people's lives would still be effected. We are all connected.

There's Nothing New From Old

"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."
      From the quote, I connected various things. The world is evolving every second. No matter what you're doing, it was all planned to happen in those seconds, whether you know it or not. In those seconds, people are taken and added to Earth for a reason. It's not a mistake. Surprisingly, fate is real. It's bigger than us, it controls our every outcome, decision, and choice we make in those seconds. In a way, we are all one person and we are all the same. The things you do affects other lives, as well as yours, it could be massive or atomic. A humans form doesn't matter, they're still the same as everyone else. God and fate has a plan for everyone. Loving or hating someone affects more than yourself, instead it affects everyone around you. There's nothing new from old. Its been this way since the beginning of time.

Connected No Matter What Happens

    In The Five People You Meet in Heaven, there is a very intriguing quote that 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 a breeze from the wind." To me this means that no matter what one does everyone is connected to each other. To better explain this, a breeze is the wind, therefore you can not separate them. In the same manner that it is impossible to separate a breeze from the wind, one can not separate two people from each other. Even if they never encounter each other, they are still connected in some way, shape, or form. For example, in The Five People You Meet in Heaven, Eddie and Nick never met but, Eddie is still connected to Nick because it was Nick's key that cut the cable and eventually led to the death of Eddie. Even if Nick's key had not cut the cable, they would still be connected because of the fact that the pier that Eddie spent his whole life at was named after Nick's great grandmother. For those same two reasons, Nick's great grandmother, Ruby, is connected to Eddie. Eddie is also connected to Tala and the Blue Man because Eddie took part in the events leading up to both of their death. These are just some of the billions of ways that Eddie was connected to everyone around him. In conclusion, everyone is linked to each other no matter what happens.

Nothing Is Random

     Our lives follow a constant cause and effect chain. For example, if Eddie had not gone out into the street to retrieve his ball, the Blue Man would have never been afraid to hit him, and the Blue Man wouldn't have died in the alley. If Eddie hadn't ran to get his ball, the Blue Man wouldn't have met his fate. All life is connected. Even though we think our lives are separated, they are not. The actions of one person can lead another person to their fate, or what's destined to happen to them. Without Eddie, the Blue Man may have never gone to his Heaven, at Ruby Pier. Once Eddie made it to Blue Man's Heaven, his first lesson was "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." In the simplest terms, in the most convenient definitions, your life is connected to everyone around you. Your actions today could lead someone to their destiny tomorrow. Every event that occurs influences the next.

“We’re All in This Together”

 

“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 quote means that everything we do affects others. We all correspond with each other. We all have a relationship in some way. For example, if I order a pizza I never even get to meet the person who made it, only the person who delivered it to me. The person who made my pizza doesn’t get to meet me either. However, that person was part of the reason I had something to eat that day, and I was part of the reason he was going to get paid. We helped each other without even realizing it. Everything happens for a reason, and the cause and effect of what happens in your life is connected to everyone, not just you. You can’t separate what happens between people, fate is fate.

 Even small and seemingly pointless things affect the lives of others. For example, if you are running low on cash, but you still want to help someone in some way. You decide to donate to a child cancer charity, but you can only donate a penny. However, what you don’t know is that the child you donated to was one single penny away from reaching her goal and being able to pay for treatment. What you thought was only going to help very little actually made a huge difference. You hardly even realized you were connected to that child; you only thought of it as donating to some charity.

We Are All Connected... Not

    "We are all connected." My response to that statement is probably opposite to most people here. I believe that we are not all connected. I do believe we are connected to a certain extent though.
    When you eat a candy bar, do you really think that has an effect a little boy in Asia? To me, I do not think the two have any correlation at all. They are two separate occurrence's that have two different circumstances on two separate hemispheres. However, the quote "we are all connected", is true in a closed environment.
    Earth, in fact, is not a closed environment. If you were stuck in a room, with no way out, with one other person, the quote applies. If there is one plate of food, and you eat it first, the other person will starve first. Because of your actions, you caused the other person to die first. You are connected to that person. In a closed environment, everything you do has an effect someone.
    My final point is that the quote "we are all connected" is valid on a tiny scale in an open environment. "Some of us are partly connected" seems like a more accurate phrase to use. This is what the quote means to me. To summarize, my opinion is that we are not all connected, in a closed environment.

Life Connections

"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, to me, means the events we experience in life are events that are supposed to happen.  No event, no matter how crazy it is, is a coincidence.  Every action is like a path.  Reaching the end of that path often uncovers that everything happens for a reason.  All the actions in a person's life , good or bad, pushes them to become the person they are meant to be.  In life we meet or see people that we did not expect.  Expected or unexpected, each time we meet someone they become connected to us.  Sometimes these connections are strong and sometimes they are weak.  No matter the type of connection, it is still connected to a part of us.  For example, an actor in a dance movie you watched can make you want to go out and take a dance class.  Now you are connected to that person even though you have only seen them for a few minutes.  In my eyes everything happens for a reason, it is not a coincidence.  You meet and see the people you are meant to meet that will make you into the person you are supposed to be.  That is what this quote means to me.  In conclusion, every act is for a reason, every person is connected, and no life can be split from any other.    

Because of You I am Me

"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." From this quote you can take many meanings. To me this quote shows that every person you meet in your life impacts you, and if it wasn't for every person you have met you wouldn't be who you are today. God has an individual plan for everyone, and together it makes the big picture of life. You meet new people every day, and even when you don't realize it they make an impact on you. In some way everyone's life is connected. From the start of our life everything that happens, happens for a reason. Even when we wish something didn't happen, we have to trust that God's overall plan for us is greater than our own. Even when you make decisions that at the time seem to make you happy, such as Eddie getting the ball. They can effect other people in different ways, such as the blue man dying from a heart attack the same day. This quote makes you think about life in a different perspective and you soon realize, in life anything you do could effect someone else. It may effect them in a big way or in a very small way, but it could change them. Just as easily as their actions could change you.

For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.

Spoken by Blue Man... "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." Everyone could have a different outlook on this but to me personally, this quote means that you are not going through life by yourself. Even though you may not think so, your actions and decisions affect more than just you. Your life has a set journey and even though it might have the ups and downs everything happens for a reason. We are like a big puzzle. Without all the piece to that puzzle, no matter how small, the puzzle would not be complete. You make an impact on everyone's life you come in contact with and without you there, their life, just simply, would not be the same. God put us here in this position for a reason and to serve a purpose. You should follow the path that God marked for you because that is where you will succeed beyond many expectations. Though you may not like it, keep your friends close and your enemies closer. Try to make a difference in the enemy’s life and always be there for them because you never know what they could be going through. You may, in fact, be the enemy in their eyes but God put you in their life for a reason. Follow your dreams and goals because it was set somewhere in your life journey and, who knows, you could always meet people that you were destined to meet. 

Get Connected

The first part of the quote says," That there are no random acts. . ." God has our lives planned out from the day we are born until the day we will die. Everything that happens in our lives, happens for a reason. Take the Blue Man's death for example. To Eddie, who at the time was a young child, the incident where the car almost hit him was of little importance to his life because nothing bad happened to him. For the Blue Man, the incident caused him to have a heart attack and die that very day. Both Eddie and the Blue Man were tied to this event, but it impacted each of their lives differently. 

This brings me to the second part of the quote,"...That we are all connected. That you can no more separate one life from another than you can separate a breeze from the wind." Sometimes it's the people who we don't really know who have the greatest impact on our lives. A complete stranger can unknowingly change your life forever because they said or did one little thing. For example, when you donate just a few canned goods to a food drive, you may think  that the little cans you donated won't make much of a difference in someone's life; but the person who receives the canned goods are very thankful that they received at least a little food to put on their table. . Our actions can effect others lives in a way that we may never know. Although we may not realize it, we are all connected in some way, shape, or form. 

One Action Affects Another

"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 the breeze from the wind” This statement means that everyone’s life is connected in one way or another. Everyone’s life has an influence on someone else’s. An event may occur in your own life that can affect so many other people. They way you act toward an event may affect how someone around you acts and may ultimately changes the outcome of events. So many things you do each and every day directly or indirectly affect someone else’s entire life. For example, one day a man runs a red light because he’s late for work. A girl was going to be interviewed that day for her first job. She was going in the opposite direction of the man who ran the red light. She didn’t see him until the last second and slammed on her brakes. As a result of her slamming on her brakes, she spilled coffee all over her interview clothes. She drove to the building with her shirt drenched in coffee. As she was getting out of her car she saw the man that ran the red light walk in the building where she was headed. She walked in the door and said,“ Sorry I’m late. Do you own the car in the front?”  He did. See, everyone’s life is connected in some way.  Maybe it’s from running a red light because they’re late for work or from slamming on the brakes because they didn’t see the other person coming. Either way, everyone’s life is connected in one way or another. The things you do, the way you act, the responses you give directly impact others each and every day.

Life is Like a Puzzle

"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 believe this quote is perfectly symbolized in a simple yet meaningful simile, "Life is like a puzzle... all of the pieces and experiences happen they way they do to perfectly create a bigger picture." Everything happens for a reason, and affects another life when it happens. I believe this means that everyone is born with a certain puzzle of their life and are destined to impact other's lives whether we realize it or not. Your life has a set fate and is on a set track for a life-long journey. Everything is planned before anything even happens, and there are no sudden opinions that influence change in your life. The whole idea of life is basically a chain reaction... one life stops and another life begins. One act leads to another which leads to another. Every act that occurs does not simply happen to set another off. There is purpose behind every act, a meaning to why it occurred. This quote gives you a perspective you might not have been able to come up with on your own.. that there is a grand plan for the events that happen in your life. You may donate ten dollars to a charity, and that same ten dollars could save someone's life. You may not have known it would do that, but it was carved in the stone of your life all along. All of our actions, whether good or bad, affect someone somewhere, positively or negatively. Mistakes you've made that don't benefit you very much may benefit someone else, in a large or small way. Everything happens for a reason, even if you don't know why. 

Just How Life Works

         The phrase quoted by the Blue Man states, "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 phrase can have different meanings to others who have a different outlook on life. In my outlook on life I see this as a prophecy. It tells of how God has brought us to this Earth for a reason not by chance. He knew what my life would be like before I was ever born into this world. He also has us here to show others that not all is lost when you lose a loved ones that he is still a friend. We are not rivals or races of the Earth but yet brothers and sisters through him. Thus, we are not different as the world tells us we are, but equals. I do truly believe I am just another puzzle piece to the unknown mystery novel that has begun to reach it's climax and is about to hit it's falling actions. God has my life planned out for me and I shall follow that path. I may not play a huge part in everyday action but in the long run what I do in this life time will indeed make a impact for the future. That is what the Blue Man's quote means to me.