Chaos and the butterfly effect . . .

"It used to be thought that the events that changed the world were things
like big bombs, maniac politicians, huge earthquakes, or vast population
movements, but it has now been realized that this is a very old-fashioned
view held by people totally out of touch with modern thought. The things
that really change the world, according to Chaos theory, are the tiny things.
A butterfly flaps its wings in the Amazonian jungle, and subsequently
a storm ravages half of Europe."

- Neil Gaiman

{KK love and Mary}

An Abstract - "Walking with Butterflies"

 The butterfly effect . . . 

Often times things that are random could be explained away as chaos,

but chaos often times is far from random, and is probably somewhat predictable.

Yes, I think I just confused myself!

The Butterfly Effect as an example of Chaos Theory states that a particular occurrence,

no matter how small, can change the path of the universe...forever. That those small

changes in the original conditions bring drastic changes in the results.

As humans, we shouldn't need a theory or an effect to tell us that our actions matter.

But somehow we have relegated those thoughts to include everything else BUT ourselves.

We seem to have become immune to the fact that our actions have consequences.

Far reaching consequences.

It's also ironic and saddens me, that what didn't really have anything to do with butterflies per se, 

takes on a whole new meaning for the monarch with the term butterfly effect. One company,

a chemical, fields of corn and soybean and farmers. Oh, and let's not forget about greed.

One small change to the fields of America and we nearly have the demise of a butterfly.

But I digress, because today this isn't as much about the butterfly as it is the effect. It's more

about how we think and what we do, and maybe more importantly what we don't think and

what we haven't done.

Just last week I bought a little book called The Butterfly Effect, by Andy Andrews.

It's a small book, but it is powerful....and I've been thinking a lot about it.

And what he said in the last few pages touched me deeply.

"And how far forward would we need to go in your life to show the difference you make?

Every single thing you do matters."

Kim's theme this week is love . . . and it's with that love that I want to make everything I do matter.

Love, Kim

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