Sometimes, the initial action can be so insignificant that you don’t give it much thought. A single action can lead to greater actions that develop to what is called
“The Butterfly Effect.” The Butterfly Effect, with reference to the Chaos Theory, is what mathematical physicists theorize as a phenomenon where something small can have larger effects elsewhere. But what does math and physics have to do with living? Relating it to our everyday lives, it is when the smallest of actions can lead to greater actions, following a chain reaction of ever escalating movements and effects. Have you ever stumbled across a notion that the beat of a butterfly’s wings in Brazil can cause a tornado in Texas? This is what The Butterfly Effect can actually do, further demonstrating as we go on.
Just as a single spark can start a big fire, our intentions and actions can be quite the same. We’ve never put much thought into everything we do, and yet we have no idea how much it affects the people close to us. As we are humans, we love to surround ourselves around the radii of the people we love, keeping them in close proximity to our personal circumference. The Butterfly Effect may affect such relationships with small actions produced by yourself; a tease, a belittling laugh, or even an encouraging sentence! Using The Butterfly Effect as a metaphor for life is supposed to increase the level of inner peace and kindness within yourself, as you are more aware of the chain reaction resulting from your small action.
To stress on how important and real it is, the world’s deadliest war was the result of a single bullet. One single bullet resulted the casualties of 41 million people. There’s more: only 21 years later, another spiteful war began as it was a result of the one before, completing its injustice, and killing more than an estimated amount of 80 million people. The result also included the invention of a nuclear bomb, launching it over the two villages of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The Butterfly Effect started from a single bullet, and ended with having chaos and corruption all over the world. As the world still pays the price of a war that ended more than 70 years ago, The Butterfly Effect can also have a positive impact; with refusing to sit on the back of the bus and saying “no,” Rosa Parks was the spark of revolution to end African American racism and bigotry, leading to life-changing African American freedom.