The subject, how thoughts, words and deeds influence everything, has been on my mind for a long time. I love the example popularized as “the butterfly effect” – a line of inquiry in chaos theory about how small changes in the initial state might cause extreme outcomes in future states. (Movie buffs, I read the line came from the 1990 movie, “Havana,” with Robert Redford as a gambling math whiz — “a butterfly can flutter its wings over a flower in China and cause a hurricane in the Caribbean.” Now, chaos theory goes into a deep dive about the mathematics of fractals and the nature of cause and effect, which is useful for computer modeling, but not very poetic 🙂 )
So, a line about “a butterfly can trigger a hurricane” floated around in my head for a long time, before it got connected to my beliefs that no thought, no words, no deeds take place in a vacuum – everything affects all, so to speak, and here’s the result.
I would love to partner with a musician and put this piece out there – if it speaks to you, message me on FB or email me! (I hear it in my head as a latin beat, but, I’m wide open to genius!)
It Matters (by Jesse Prex, first published 6th day of January, 2019)
(verse 1)
A loving touch,
A helping hand,
A tender word to a friend or your lover
Sends out a spark
Ignites a heart
We’re all lifted when we lift one another
(prechorus 1)
If a butterfly can trigger a hurricane
How much more powerful are we in this game?
(chorus)
What we do,
It matters
What we say, what we think
It matters
A smile can launch a ripple ‘cross the universe
What we say and think and do
It matters
(verse 2)
That weary vet
That stressed-out mom
All those whose hearts are burdened with unease
Send them some love
Bless them with peace
We’re all lifted when we lift up the least.
(pre-chorus 2)
If the seashore fades or grows by each grain of sand
We’re much more powerful than we understand
(chorus)
What we do,
It matters
What we say, what we think
It matters
A smile can launch a ripple ‘cross the universe
What we say and think and do
It matters
(end)
Wishing all many blessings!