Waiting for that right moment just at the right time, sets you up for a host of excuses.

'It didn't feel right, I just didn't get that vibe' or one of my favourites... 'It just wasn't meant to be.'

But to be or not is up to us. I'm not saying that we all have 'The Secret' and can wish for all sorts of goodness and wish away bad luck. There is a power to our actions that means if we do something, something else may come of it. Most of us have heard of the 'Butterfly Effect' which put simply suggests that the effect of a butterfly flapping its wings could 'lead to the creation or absence of a hurricane'. This effect can be seen by the unpredictability of weather or by placing a ball on a top of a hill which will roll down the hill differently when there is even slight  changes to how it is originally placed on the top.    

So what if we do or don't walk instead of driving to the corner store, if we do or don't buy local veges, wear a jumper instead of turning on the heater or smiling or not looking at others when we walk down the street. What difference can it really make?

Even little things like the size of a banana, do we make any difference to that? Our duopolised supermarket supply in Australia between Coles and Woolworths was criticised by, Agriculture Minister Tony Burke regarding the waste of a third of Queensland's banana supply. The duopoly suggested the bananas were too small for consumers whilst Mr Burke suggested lunch box sized bananas is just what the market needs. Eventually outweighed by the supermarket giants, Woolworths stated 'as with everything we sell it's our customers who make the final decision and it's their buying decisions over many years that inform our banana specifications'.  I still haven't seen small bananas in Coles or Woolworths however the cost of bananas averages $13 a kilo since the catastrophic Queensland floods. Farmers markets and green grocers are starting to supply the smaller bananas particularly once asked. 

I'm starting to think less about what difference do I really make and more about what else is possible from my actions no matter how small.