Saturday, August 2, 2014

The Story Behind The Action by Raychelle Riley





The quote from The Five People You Meet In Heaven 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 quote means to me, simply what it says. Everyone has a purpose, a plan, and can affect the lives of other people. We have been put on this Earth for a reason. God has a plan for everyone's life, though it may take a while to realize this truth.

No life is more valuable than another life. Everyone’s life has a purpose. The things we do makes up the life we presently live. Your actions are not just picked from a bowl like a raffle ticket. Those actions were designed just for you, for a specific reason. The actions you take are never an accident. There is always an influence and explanation of why it happens, even though we might not yet know the reason. Your purpose is the reason you are here and the direct impact you make on the world around you.
One day, I was riding in the car with my dad, and we saw a homeless man. My dad drove up and handed the man a couple of dollars. Although we were not around to see the results of his actions, we know that we made a positive impact on someone who we did not know. Everyone is on a different path in life and the homeless man is not any less valuable than we are. Situations and circumstances do not dictate that. Even he has a purpose and a reason why he is here. We might not know the purpose now, but at least we know we have one in the end.

 Everyone has a plan for their life, and a path they take to follow along that plan. On that road are many bumps that may slow us down, mud puddles we might slip in, and people we might pass by. Some we will meet, and some we will only pass by. Even though we might not meet them it doesn’t mean they don’t play a part in our lives. The same thing happens with Eddie and the Blue Man in the book The Five People You Meet In Heaven. The Blue Man who thought he was a nothing, and thought he affected no one, suddenly became a key figure in a small boy’s life. We are all joined together, and no one is considered a nothing. We are all valuable and contribute something in this world, no matter how big or small.

Everyone plays a role, and what we do affects others, whether we know it or not. This concept is similar to the domino effect. When the first domino falls, it knocks the second one into the third.  From there, the chain reaction continues until the momentum stops, and all the dominoes on that specific line are down. However, sometimes it doesn’t just affect one person, but it can impact a whole group of people. For example, whenever one of my family members come home in a bad mood, it might change everyone else’s mood. It spreads like wildfire until the whole family is in a bad mood.  People affect our everyday lives in positive and in negatives ways.There is great truth in the fact that everyone and everything is connected.



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