Chain Reaction

     In "The Five People You Meet in Heaven" by Mitch Albom each person Eddie met taught him a lesson. Eddie was told by the first person he met, Joseph Corvelzchik, "That there were 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." From my perspective, this means that all of our lives are somewhat connected. Your actions can have an effect on anyone at any time and they may not all be positive effects. For instance, when Eddie was a little boy he and his buddies were throwing a baseball and it accidentally rolled out in front of Joseph's car. Like every other little kid, Eddie’s first instinct was to chase after it, which caused Joseph to swerve so he wouldn't hit Eddie. Not long after, Joseph was still affected and thinking of how close he came to tragedy. He began to feel dizzy and his eyes left the road for one spilt second and then next thing you know Joseph was lying there, flipped over in his car with no one around to call for help. Eddie would have never thought that what had happened earlier killed that man. It’s almost as if we are one big chain reaction. One person’s action effects another, then that person effects someone else’s life and so on. With this being said, every life has a meaning and every action happens for a reason. We are all connected to each other.