The Butterfly Effect

What was the last thing you searched for online? Why were you looking for it?

I thought there was a movie about a butterfly beating it’s wings on one side of the world causing a tidal wave some place else. I thought it starred Jodie Foster. All I found was an Ashton Kutcher movie about going back in time. Didn’t we already learn that going back in time and changing things would have consequences? Marty McFly went Back to the Future and messed things up for the better. I guess that worked out for him, but not so much for Ashton.

The reason I was looking was because I like the idea that if one person influences the world for good, that it has the power to change things across the whole planet. One person following their dream, using their gifts to help others can have a butterfly affect, in a good way. I believe everyone has gifts to share. I believe in the positive effect that one person can have. One kind word or action and how that spirals out and touches many…

When I had the idea for my butterfly breathing book, I thought about how teaching kids how to butterfly-breath could help teachers and kiddos everywhere to have many more positive experiences in the classroom. Also parents and children might have more calm confident moments at home.. I love all the butterfly metaphors.

I wish I could find the movie I’m thinking of. I’d like to learn more about the science behind the butterfly effect.

It seems from what I found on google, that the butterfly effect is used to show what can go wrong if one seemingly small change is made in nature. It can go both ways, though. Remember when they reintroduced wolves to Yellowstone Park? Many species came back and thrived.

I wrote these two little books about breathing and being okay with our emotions and life stages. My hope is to see them to go out and have their own butterfly effect and have a positive affect in homes and classrooms all across the world. I’ve seen the effects of breath to movement. I know how powerfully it can change a mind in a moment. I know how it can impact life over time.

I believe that small, even tiny changes, can have big impacts. I love that. I love it as a possibility.