The Bindings of Fate

“There are no random acts. We are all connected. You can separate one life from another no more than you can separate a breeze from the wind.” No matter how far we run or how hard we try to hide, there is no escaping the bindings fate uses to connect all of us. One encounter is all it takes to completely change a life. Everyone affects everyone. Fate ties people together whether they realize it or not.

In the book The Five People You Meet in Heaven the main character Eddie finds Ruby, a woman whom he has never met and a woman who has never seen him. They are, however, tied to each other. Ruby’s husband built the park where Eddie and his father would work and where Eddie would inevitably die. Though Ruby and Eddie had never met or spoke, Ruby partook in actions that shaped Eddie’s life. Eddie meets his old captain and finds out the truth about how Eddie hurt his knee. The captain’s actions affected Eddie’s life. The blue man, who Eddie had never meet or seen or heard of, lost his life because young Eddie ran into the road. There were no random acts. Everything we do is connected to other people no matter what that action is. Our lives are as tangled together like the Gordian knot, impossible to untangle. Only when we die does the knot get cut.

You effect everyone you come into contact with. There is no way to stop it. The minute you meet someone, you start to affect them. Whether it’s the little word of encouragement or a small word that puts them down, it affects them. Once said, things cannot be taken back. Trying to take back your words is like trying to put all the tooth paste back in the tube after you squeeze it out. Impossible. One interaction is all it takes for fate to play her hand. The hand can lead you into a new friendship or relationship or it can lead to things that are not so wanted. No matter where we go or how we get there, there will be people we affect. We are all bound together, accidents do not exist, and everything is already planned for us. So this is where the quote leaves us. With an understanding that no matter how hard we fight, we are all bound together whether we realize it or not.