This means that the border between impact and consequences is a fuzzy one. If the event creates the impact and how we interact with the impact creates the consequences:

- Consequences become second order outcomes, logically following the impacts.
- The impact will tend to be the first to occur on the timeline, with consequences extending beyond the cessation of impact.
- Consequences may be variable and not automatic, they may be reversible – and the bad consequences may be preventable by relatively simple changes in attitudes, beliefs, and value systems.