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When you think about where the world is today do
you see division or do you see unity? If your mind
takes you to what the news reports your focus may be
on wars, injustices, and the differences that divide us.
Look in your heart and I pray that you see the love and
hope that can unite us.
You are a source of power. You might even be one
of the butterflies that help connect our world. No, I
am not calling you a butterfly—though you may be
as beautiful as one. Today I am wondering what sci-
ence has to say about the power of even the smallest act
of kindness. Imagine if you will: connecting Newton’s
third law “for every action there is an equal and op-
posite reaction.” with the spirit of mathematician and
meteorologist Edward Nortin’s butterfly effect with
quantum mechanic’s entangled particles theory.
Now that is a lot of science. You may even be asking
what is the butterfly effect and what are entangled par-
ticles? In a nutshell chaos theory’s butterfly effect pro-
poses that the fluttering of a butterfly’s wings in South
America contributes to a tornado in Texas. While en-
tangled particles are two separate particles so connect-
ed that they will react to the action performed on one
another even when they are on opposite sides of the
globe.
So what does one of Newton’s laws, the butterfly ef-
fect, and entangled particles have to do with small acts
of kindness? Perhaps nothing. On the other hand if
one small act of kindness inspires another and another
and those inspire exponentially more, well then science
may be catching on to what Saint Francis Assisi said
centuries ago: “All the darkness in the world cannot
extinguish the light of a single candle.”
The question remains: is one small act of kindness
enough to be a candle in the darkness that divides our
planet? Look at it this way and you may have doubt.
You may be saying how on earth can kindness over-
come everything that is dividing us? Take science into
account and you might agree that there is no stop-
ping the power of love and hope that kindness can
ignite. Please do not get me wrong. I know that kind-
ness may meet rebuff. The question is when kindness
is unaccepted does the light of unity die? Not accord-
ing to Saint Francis and not according to science.
If you believe we are all part of one human race then
you know that every act of kindness no matter how
small creates an energy that will only grow the power
of love and hope. You are one of the butterflies that can
bring light to our world’s problems and divisions. It is
time to let your light shine. I look forward to hearing
about how your kindness brings light to your commu-
nity and our world. Please give me a ring at 781-331-
5308, email me at or better yet
join in the conversation at the lets chat blog.
By Kristan Dean
Let’s
Chat
In 2000 Kristan Dean began working with her family to bring
Merry Christmas From Heaven® to all who need the gifts’ mes-
sage of Comfort, Love, and Faith. Today she is the Vice President
of Marketing and one of the primary members of her family’s
Bereavement Ministry.
Thanks, in great part, to the thousands of funeral directors and
retailers nationwide who make Merry Christmas From Heaven®
a part of their communities, countless numbers of families reach
out to their family every year. Their bereavement ministry helps
families realize that those in Heaven live forever in our hearts.
Their love is with us always.
Prior to Mooney TunCo, Inc. Kristan worked with companies na-
tionwide helping them build revenues by creating greater sales op-
portunities through the use of sales intelligence and marketing align-
ment.
Dengel & Son Adds Three Locations
Craig and Cindy Dengel
Osawatomie Location
Paola Location
Louisburg Location
Ottawa Location
of the same demograph-
ics. As Dengel says, “It’s
a good fit. The new com-
munities we are serving
are much like the commu-
nities we have been serv-
ing in Franklin County
for almost 70 years. We
will continue the tradition
of being a family owned
funeral home where old
fashioned values are the
norm. The families we
OTTAWA,KS— Craig
Dengel and wife Cindy,
owners of Dengel & Son
Mor tuar y-Cremator y
of Ottawa, KS, have an-
nounced the purchase of
Penwell Gable Funeral
Homes in Paola, Louis-
burg and Osawatomie,
located in Miami Coun-
ty, KS.
It is a new direction for
the family funeral home
that has been a fixture in
Ottawa for three gener-
ations. It was started by
Dengel’s grandfather, Louis, in 1947. He was joined by
his son, Walter in 1961. In 1981, son Craig joined the
firm and in 1998 purchased the business from his father.
The three funeral homes merging with Dengel &
Son Mortuary are in an adjoining county with many
have served for three gen-
erations have come to ex-
pect the very best in ser-
vice and the new families
Dengel & Son Mortuary
will be serving will receive
no less.”
Craig is pleased that the
existing staff at the funer-
al homes in Paola, Louis-
burg and Osawatomie, will
stay in place. He knows
some of them personally
and professionally and has
every confidence they will
continue to provide excel-
lent service to the families
of Miami County.