Chaos and cause; the butterfly effect
As a teenager having new experiences and feeling a flux of emotions, I always used to ponder whether everything is written for our lives - as a part of our destiny or do we make life happen. I recently read an article that talked about how a butterfly flaps its wings and triggers a distant storm, otherwise known as the butterfly effect. To think that we are these little beings on this big floating rock, maybe with no significance but how every little action of ours leads to magical moments in our life. Every action of ours creates a ripple effect. This ripple effect means that no moment is insignificant; no action, however small, is without consequence. Everything that we do in life, minor to major, everything is leading to this moment, leading us to where we are meant to be, doing things we are meant to do, experiencing life as it is meant to be experienced, loving and being loved as we are meant to be loved. And maybe this is the beauty of it all: that we are both guided and guiding,...