There is no doubt that with the best intentions results can often effect people, events and outcomes we hadn't even thought of. Unintended consequences can be good or bad and sometimes we'll never know exactly how those consequences manifested.

I believe that to do nothing and simply allow life to unfold before us is to decide to have no say in our lives as well as no positive impact on others. We cannot always be responsible for unintended consequences of an act that was good to begin with. I remember being in charge of an ongoing clothing and food pantry at my church after my mother passed away. Our sister church in the deepest part of the hell-hole area of The Bronx was the recipient of these gifts. On one glorious day in the fall our sister church came to collect what we had for them in their rickety old van and it was packed solid when they were through. When they got back to their church to unload they were accosted by three men with guns who took not only the van, but what was inside. We came to find out the merchandise was sold for drugs! They found the van some days later and eventually the gun wielding trio who promptly went to jail on that and other charges. Our intentions were clear and they were good. What happened that day ended up to have serious consequences for the poor of the church and those men, but I never stopped the clothing and food pantry because of all the good it did.

We must never stop striving for good. We must never stop aiding people who are in need and we must do so no matter what it comes to. To do nothing is to give up...and that is one thing I can never do.

This is actually a rhetorical question. As long as human evolution is allowed to follow nature's course, there will always be a percentage of humans that will try to take advantage of any given system. But if we are to guide our own evolution, who gets to decide our course? And more importantly, what unintended consequences will there be as people try to take advantage of the system meant to improve on the human condition? Maybe we should just do nothing.

Well, bad intentions can also lead to unintended consequences. Hell, getting out of bed in the morning can lead to unintended consequences.

We can never predict with 100% accuracy the results of our actions. All we can do is try our best to predict the outcomes and take what seems to be the best path at the time.

Becse people either don;t get or bleive what you mean or are saying or they sut downright ahte you. I know some people that no matter what you do or how nice you talk to them they stil ltreat you bad, sometimes you sjut don't know how people wil react,well msot of the time.