Hello again! I’m writing soon because I wanted to follow on from my last post: Put into Perspective – http://rbayes-anewchapter.blogspot.co.uk/2014/09/put-into-perspective.html in which I wrote about how we are each just one person out of a very large population and the lives that we cross through brief encounters.
Today I want to write about how we should react to these brief encounter moments because believe it or not, we can have a massive impact on the people around us, both in positive and negative way. Last winter my drama group at college devised a piece of theatre with the “butterfly effect” as a very prominent theme. The idea that every time we interact with people, no matter how small and seemingly insignificant that encounter may be, it will cause an effect. This has been on my mind a lot over the last couple of weeks as the stimulus was the London Underground. For this play we explored the connection between the busyness of London and the ‘London Lifestyle’, and the effect we have on each other. For example bumping into someone and causing them to spill their coffee, could then make them late, therefore they might not get the promotion they needed which could be necessary to financially support their family… You never know. While I’m here in London I want to try and firstly discover the truth of that idea, and secondly pay clear attention to what I do, especially the small things and become very aware that my actions have an effect. – The second part isn’t just for London, and I hope that reading my post will make you think about trying this as well. The truth is that we can not know the full extent of what our small actions may result in, because as I said in my previous post we don’t know the names of the people around us so how are we supposed to know their stories. However, something that I think we can be sure of is that we have the power to cause brilliant or potentially devastating effects to those around us and the world would be a much happier place if we really made a conscious effort and tried to give a positive effect. A simple smile might be all it takes, or saying “good morning” could make someone’s day, you don’t know, that might just have been what they needed. Think about it as you go about your day-to-day lives, especially on the days when you’re feeling like crap, stop for a minute and put it all into perspective, and maybe just smile at someone, it might make you feel better too.
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