Connected

     "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." Eddie was connected to the Blue Man even though he had no idea who he was. Eddie and the Blue Man would have never been connected if Eddie hadn't tried to cross the road at the exact time he did. The actions of The Blue Man when Eddie crossed the street are indeed what saved Eddie's life.  Eddie did not know that the Blue Man's death was actually the reason he lived.  This is an example of an act was that was not random.  
     Another example from the book that demonstrates how we are all connected is Eddie's relationship with the captain.  Eddie spent his life feeling bitter about his knee injury and his physical limitations.  He didn't realize until he met his captain in heaven that if he would not have been shot in the knee, he wouldn't be alive.  
     I agree that there are no random acts and we are all connected.  Everything happens for a reason because God has a plan for each of us.  Like Eddie, sometimes in life we are upset about things that happen to us but it is all part of the bigger plan.  We do not always understand why but as time goes on, the plan becomes more evident to us.  
     There was an incident in which my parents told my sister she could not go to dinner with friends one night. My parents wanted her to go with our family to dinner.  As we left our house, we realized my sister's friend and her dad had been in a terrible wreck.  Someone pulled out in front of them and their vehicle flipped and the back was crushed in.  My sister would have been sitting in the back and possibly died that night.  This is an example from my life that I can relate to the idea that there are no random acts.  
     As my life goes on, I will look back and realize that people have been put in my path to shape who I am and what my life will be about.