Damn Butterfly

So many things in life seem inconsequential. A simple glance the other way, a step in the other direction, a blink of an eye. Mundane happenings on an insignificant daily journey.

Until recently, I had never given Chaos theory much thought. It seemed far fetched. A reach by someone to explain unpredictability. I now know that to be untrue, and even the smallest choices in life can lead to immense changes in real outcomes.

It's said that Albert Einstein was dumbfounded and amazed as a boy when he was given a compass. He was intrigued with the thought that some unseen force was controlling it. Without that simple compass and subsequent epiphany, he many never have awed the world with his theories. Think about that.....a simple short glance at a compass changed the world's history.

A shift can occur with something as simple as going north instead of south at the next crossroads. No big deal right? You can just turn around at the next intersection and go back right? Probably not. Oh how I wished it worked that way, but it doesn't. It would make life much easier. Nope...a whole new tangent is created, and life's timeline heads in a new direction.

Damn Butterfly. Where's a wasp, bird, snake, toad or lizard when you need them the most?

William