A ripple effect occurs when an initial disturbance to a system propagates outward to disturb an increasingly larger portion of the system, like ripples expanding across the water when an object is dropped into it.
What may seem as a small act of kindness can have a huge and lasting impact. William D. Boyce who was helped by the scout in the London Fog did so out of Scout Spirit and living out the Scout Oath and Scout Law.
Those scout's actions back in 1909 are why you and I are standing here today in the cafeteria at Lake Ridge Middle School. That one act of kindness and doing a good turn daily inspired Boyce to start Boy Scouts of America which now has over 1 million active youth members and 628,000 adult volunteers.
Since that one act of kindness in 1909 there have been millions if not billions of other acts of kindness and good turns that have been performed by youth and adult scout members.
The ripple effect from that one act of kindness over 100 years again continues to propagate outward reaching into your life and the life others to this day. The potential of one scout, with one act of kindness is limitless.
Do a good turn daily. A scout is kind.