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.