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.