Action and reactions

If there is a fundamental rule in this world, its that for every action there will be a reaction. Everything that happens will lead to something else. Everything that we do is a reaction to something happening before it and will lead to something happening afterwards.

The filling of your lungs with air is a reaction of your muscles contracting. The money you earn from work is a reaction of your efforts and sweat; the greater the effort, the more the money is often the case. The accident on the highway this morning is a reaction of careless driving or faulty machinery. The impending war in Iraq is a reaction of human greed.

I think we don't spend as much time as we should to understand the relationships between actions and reactions. Some of us never even think about these relationships which is a shame. If we don't pay attention, we'll never learn and never progress. Newton learned about gravity by asking himself why the apple fell from the tree, and why we don't float up into the air. He paid attention. We should too.