August 19, 2011

The Butterfly Effect How your life matters ---and my thoughts



A reader recommended this book to me...it sounded intriguing.  I had birthday money left over on a gift card for Amazon.com...so I bought it.  It got here today.

I'm not much of a "self help" or "inspirational" book reader...at least not until lately.  I used to prefer brain "candy" (aka. novels) over anything that made me think, hands down.

But something in me is changing...evolving. 

I am far more interested in things of REAL importance instead of always looking to merely be entertained.  I think it drives my husband crazy sometimes...heck, it drives ME crazy.  But, I'm just not very interested in "fluff" right now.  It's strange.

So...I sat down to read this little book.

Took me less than 25 minutes to read...worth every minute.

The stories told are inspiring...the word imagery beautiful.


"There are generations yet unborn whose very lives will be shifted and shaped by the moves you make and the actions you take today.  And tomorrow.  And the next day.  And the next.

EVERY SINGLE THING YOU DO MATTERS.

You have been created as one of kind.  On the planet Earth, there has never been one like you...and there never will be again.  Your spirit, your thoughts, and feelings, your ability to reason and act all exist in no one else.  The rarities that make you special are no mere accident or quirt of fate.

YOU HAVE BEEN CREATED IN ORDER THAT YOU MIGHT MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

YOU HAVE WITHIN YOU THE POWER TO CHANGE THE WORLD...

...The very beating of your heart has meaning and purpose...

...Your life...And what you do with it today....MATTERS FOREVER."-

                                        -Andy Andrews, The Butterfly Effect- How Your Life Matters

Isn't that amazing?!?

Now that I have read this book, and know what her statement means, I feel incredibly honored that Rebecca at A Mess of Musings left a comment saying, "you have become one of the butterflies in my life!!" 

Truly honored.

This particular journey in blogging has not been particularly easy (something to do with spilling ones most valuable innards (guts) to perfect strangers on the world wide web...leaving one open to huge amounts of vulnerability)...but I'm glad that it has ""mattered" to someone.  Because of that, it has been totally worth it. 

I leave you again with Andy Andrews words, "YOU HAVE BEEN CREATED IN ORDER THAT YOU MIGHT MAKE A DIFFERENCE."

So let's all get on "out there" and do it already.  :)

forMMM
P.S. Leave a comment! I love to hear from you!

4 comments:

Andrea said...

I've heard of that book too, maybe I'll check it out. I still like fluff :)

Rebecca said...

Melanie - so glad you liked the book!! I am grateful for the "butterflies" who have come into my life - and for the many others who have been there all along, making a difference!!

Tiera said...

I just started reading blogs on depression today. As I read this post, I know in my heart these things are true, but my head has a hard time wrapping around it. Depression does that to a person. Makes us feel like we are worthless and that we don't really matter. I will keep reading here to follow your journey, maybe it will help me with mine. Thanks.

Melanie said...

Tiera,
I know that feeling all to well. Just hang in there. Things can get better. And they will...just give it time.

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