Cause and Effect

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

           

                In life, most of us seem to believe that something we do will not matter to somebody else. When in reality, it can affect many people around us. Without realizing, that bet you win could cause somebody else to lose their home. That plastic bag you threw out could cause a bird to lose its life. In the novel The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom, the main character, Eddie, had no idea how he’d affected the Blue Man’s life. He didn’t even really know he’d actually existed. By running out into the street to collect his baseball, he caused the Blue Man to lose himself and swerve, resulting in him losing his life. Eddie then continued on with his life without the knowledge of the fact that he’d actually caused a man to lose his life.

            

              We tend to disregard some important things in life. If we were more careful with what we do, we’d cause fewer problems. There is cause and effect. Whatever you do will cause another thing to happen. You could kick a ball and win the game. Eat a cake and gain a pound. Swallow a peanut and go into anaphylactic shock.

           

              In The Five People You Meet in Heaven, two teenagers robbed a store and took alcohol and cigarettes. They then proceeded to drop their glass bottles down an overpass. By dropping a bottle, they caused the character, Marguerite, to swerve and hit something. She ended up with liver damage and broken bones. Their careless actions caused a woman to nearly lose her life.

            

             In conclusion, there are no random acts. Everything you do causes an effect. Some are small, some are large. We disregard the little things in life. We only move on our account. If we were more cautious, fewer large effects would be caused.