The butterfly effect is described as the rippling effect that one small initial event has that can cause a tide of massive changes in the future. Not everyone believes in the butterfly effect, but I do because of the work of Nicholas Sparks.

Nicholas Sparks began his career as a romance novelist and wrote a few books. But one that was most inspiring was a result of his sister. His sister had cancer and died in 2000, but Nicholas Sparks finished the novel in the summer of 1999 before her death. Despite her insidious disease, there was a man who genuinely cared for his sister, so he married her. She ended her life happily married. Nicholas Sparks was given a spark for inspiration. This sparked a romance novel based off of the true story of his sister: A Walk To Remember.

There is nothing like a true love story to inspire a writer like Nicholas Sparks to write so much more. He has written more than 18 novels. He has sold over 100 million copies, and every book has been a New York Times bestseller. Not only has all his stories become popular, they also have become influential.

Romance novels can inspire other people to be more optimistic and more romantic and kind towards one another. Each romance novel epitomizes positive psychology: no matter how difficult or challenging the fictional world is, the protagonists are able to overcome the challenges and find strength through bonding with other characters. Romance novels are known to train the minds of people to seek happy endings and be more positive. Romance novels engender positive expectations in those who read them.

Yet, society as a whole may not detect the influence from the novels of Nicholas Sparks. No one creates data sets of how positive people become after reading a beautiful love story written by Nicholas Sparks. Society is too large for such a data set to be made.

However, it took one real love story to change the life of Nicholas Sparks. Who knows, perhaps all his novels have inspired people to work to make their relationships successful. Perhaps his novels have inspired people to be more forgiving, kind, and loving. It took one real love story to spark the inspiration in Nicholas Sparks to have his successful career.

One pair of people in the life of Nicholas Sparks morphed his career into inspiring the entire country of the United States, and maybe even people in other countries as well. This just goes to show that one act of kindness and love can lead to another. Inspiration can breed inspiration. The more inspiration, kindness, and love we can bring into the world, the more the world will reap benefits from it.

This is the butterfly effect, and it can make your heart flutter.