"It may make a difference to all eternity whether we do right or wrong today."
-James Freeman Clark
Reflection:
This statement conveys a very powerful message and enforces the idea that an individual can change the course of destiny itself based on whatever small choice he makes today. It's kind of what like the "domino effect", where knocking one domino over triggers a whole chain of events that wouldn't have happened otherwise. The same goes for something often called the "butterfly effect" (this is usually in reference to book to movie adaptations where by omitting or adding an event that didn't occur in the original story can have dire consequences on the plotline later on). This can also apply to the idea of disrupting a time continuum where going to the past and making an event that didn't happen occur can mess up the future. I brought up these examples because these emphasize the importance of a single decision. You never know if cheating on that one small quiz will lead to cheating on an important exam or getting into a lawsuit and having that on your record for your life. What you do today, affects who you are tomorrow.
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