Small Actions Can Make A Big Difference

Another conversation Morgan and I had was about impact. Like I said in my blog post People, small deeds you do for a person can make a bigger impact on a person's life than you think. This can be demonstrated scientifically by Chaos Theory. For a system to be defined as chaotic, small changes in initial conditions must create diverging outcomes. Life can be a chaotic system where one small thing that happens can create a big change. A single mutation in a protein can cause a severe mental and physical disability, called Snider Robertson Syndrome. A person can also be a chaotic system in the sense that one small action they make can have a big impact, positive or negative. I hope that the small actions  I do have a  positive impact rather than a negative one. Even though sometimes you may seem too small to matter, you still matter to the people around you. On a greater scale, if the earth is a chaotic system, small changes that you make can have a significant impact over a long period of time.
The Chaotic Theory is also known as the "Butterfly Effect." To learn more read this article:
http://eaps4.mit.edu/research/Lorenz/Butterfly_1972.pdf

This is a quote I like about how moments can impact you:

 "The moment of impact. The moment of impact proves potential for change. Has ripples effects far beyond what we can predict. Sending some particles crashing together. Making them closer than before. While sending others spinning off into great ventures. Landing them where you've never thought you've found them. That's the thing about moments like these. You can't, no matter how hard you try, controlling how it's gonna affect you. You just gotta let the colliding part goes where they may. And wait. For the next collision." Stuart Sender