My ripple effect theory proved In a very large way:
A man named Henry Tandey in the First World War was fighting a battle (1st Battle of Ypres in October 1914) As the ferocious battle wound down and enemy troops surrendered or retreated a wounded German soldier limped out of the maelstrom and into Private Tandey's line of fire, the battle weary man never raised his rifle and just stared at Tandey resigned to the inevitable. "I took aim but couldn't shoot a wounded man," said Tandey, "so I let him go."
The young German soldier nodded in thanks and the two men took diverging paths, that day and in history.
Why is this important you might ask?
Who was the Private he let go?
The answer:
German Private Adolph Hitler.
How many people would be alive today, how many would never had gone to their death in gas chambers? One may never know, but the question is now posed to you; what is your ripple effect on the world, that you may never know?
Please be mindful that your ripples you send into the world are filled with love and compassion. Sure Mr Tandy could never have known he let a killer go.... My point is not to kill that we do not have another Hitler, but my point is that you mind your words as just as Mr Tandy let Hitler go and essentially sent a ripple into the world that was vile by doing so, my point is MIND YOUR WORDS in off line and online life that your ripple may not create a ripple as big as Mr Tandys
Random thoughts often enter the insomnia mind. Here is a collection of some of those thoughts.
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