Our lives are filled with decisions. Each decision alters our lives in some way. If it is going left on the fork in the road instead of right, going to the bank today instead of tomorrow, stopping to fill up the tank later instead of now, fate has been altered. And so has the fate of others.
Many people do not comprehend how their choices affect another person. Whether it’s an ex-boyfriends sending his ex-girlfriend a present to clear his conscience even though she’s over the relationship, a person who everyone had faith in that his or her life will change and he or she goes back to his or her past habits, a girl who cheated on her fiancée but still hasn’t told him, the decision has an impact on another’s life. It’s a domino effect that snowballs out of control. Every action has a reaction and that reaction always affects more than one person.
For a wide known example, I will pick on Representative Anthony Weiner and, well, his wiener. If you have been living not only under a rock but 60 feet underground as well, the man cheated on his pregnant wife with Facebook and Twitter cyber-sex. This seems like something that would only affect Representative Weiner and his wife, but it does not.
What about the women he cheated with? Won’t they be embarrassed that their intimate conversations are now published on the web and print media?
What about the Weiners’ future child? How will he or she feel about his/her father not being around over a few lewd pictures?
What about the people who supported Weiner? Do they feel like idiots for supporting a dishonorable man? Or are they even surprised?
What about the journalist who had to skip his or her child’s concert or football game in order to cover this breaking news.
What the Facebook and Twitter users? Will the standards on this websites be changed so that a scandal like this couldn’t happen again? Changes of the rules of Facebook and Twitter would affect everyone who uses the social networks.
One decision from one man sparked a slew of reactions from multiple people. It only takes one domino pushed to make them all fall down. Then the effect keeps growing hitting multiple people as it spirals downhill and out of control. So next time you are about to make a decision, stop and think—who’s life am I about to alter?
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