Cause and Effect

We hear a lot about global warming, and I suppose there might be something to that issue.  After all, how much carbon dioxide can one put into the environment without altering that environment in some way?  Of course, the issue isn’t black and white—few are.  There are about as many sides to global warming as there are sides on a chiliagon (look that up on your search engine).
My point today isn’t to talk about carbon dioxide, global warming, or polygons with weird names.  My point is that we all, just by being who we are, effect change of some kind.  We may think we don’t matter to anyone else, or that the world will never know or care that we exist, but that simply isn’t true.  Even those in the most primitive cultures have effects on the rest of the world in ways not clearly seen and understood.
Think of those who have given their lives in mission service to those people in primitive cultures and areas of the world.  Think of the time, money, and energy spent to deliver a message of hope and freedom.  Think of the love and compassion that has been demonstrated time after time after time.  The people of those cultures have had a profound effect on many, many people in more advanced civilizations.
Think now of the homeless that I saw (and wrote earlier about) a few days ago when I visited the local Rescue Mission.  They don’t know it, but they had a profound impact on me.  It made alive the rather sterile and clinical idea that there were people in need.  I needed that visit, and plan to visit again soon.
No one is an island.  No one stands alone.