The Butterfly Effect by Andy Andrews is an incredibly motivating book packed into a small package. This book takes you through several different stories and explains how each story has a big impact. Though the story in itself may seem small or insignificant, when viewed along with the bigger picture you see how the small story has changed the bigger event and even helped to change the world. The author implores us, "Everything you do matters. Every move you make, every action you take matters." The book is easy to read and loaded with visually stimulating backgrounds. This book would make a wonderful gift for graduates or others who need to be motivated and brought to the realization that their life matters. For instance the author points out that a man named Norman Borlaug was responsible for developing a disease resistant corn and wheat that was able to save countless lives from dying of starvation. But he was influenced by Henry Wallace, former Vice President of the United States, but Henry Wallace was influenced by George Washington Carver and George Washington Carver's life was saved when he was young, and you get the picture.
This is a wonderful book and I would highly recommend it for personal reading or as a gift.
