Tuesday, September 27, 2005
"the little things"
Wow a friend of mine just wrote a blog on “the small things”. Her post has motivated me in this blog posting.
She wrote about a mutual friend of ours who passed away a few years ago. She talked about how our friend’s husband shared at the funeral. How he talked about how her life was about the little things. He talked about how all the little things made lives better and how precious the little things can be.
How true it is. The very first day I met this women she spoke to me with her soft voice words which touched me in a very large way that changed my life forever and will never be forgotten. It was the "little thing" she said that made all the difference in the world to me.
It is the small kind smiles, words, and touch through hugs that can make all the difference in the world. I may not always feel like smiling or sharing a kind word but I do it any ways because I know how those small warm fuzzies make me feel and so I try to give them back. These little things could save someone’s life that day; it has helped save mine on many occasions.
It is the thank you, the hello's, the unexpected phone calls, cards, that make the difference. When a person comes to mind and I am thinking about them, how they are or how things are going, I try to stop and call them. That might be the little thing they need for that day.
It is about making others feel how you want to be treated, with kindness, love, understanding and compassion. So since I have experienced so much of this, I try to give it back as much as possible. When in someone’s heart or mind they feel like the world is a terrible place or just down, these little things may make all the difference in the world to them. It may help restore their Faith, it has mine.
It is all the small things, which add up to be the big things. Sometimes we have no idea how the small things we do can effect a person forever, or for the moment. I think of times where I was so down, hurt and desperately hoping someone would call and the phone rang, or a kind letter came in the mail or via email, or I would be out and I would run into someone and we would stop and chat for a while. Some of those times have made all the difference in the world to me.
Some of the other “little things” would be have you ever stopped to look at life through the eyes of a little child. The walk down your front side walk that takes you second could take a ½ hour with a child. You see we may have to stop and smell the flowers, answer questions about the flowers. Then we might see a bug, which we would need to pick up, look at it, count his legs, wings, eyes, stripes, you know what I mean. Then we would have to set it free. Now we can carry on and move a little further down the side walk till something else of curiosity appears and we start all over. It is those little things that are so awesome and I also cherish.
I do not have children of my own but I see this through my nephews and my niece, I see it through my friend’s children and grandchildren.
I remember when I became a Christian a few years ago having a discussion with a really good friend about “the little things” she was looking for the lightning bolt and I was enjoying the small things. I explained to her that she has to look at the day to day “little things” and eventually they will add up to be the big thing. Today in my life there are no coincidences there are God incidences. I take all the “little things” and add them up to make the big thing. Because I was able to see these my Faith grew rapidly and today when tough times come because I know God is in my life and loves me those times are far shorter lived and further and further apart. God knew I needed to see him all around me so he showed me via the “little things” so I could believe in the “big thing” HIM.
So I dedicate this to that special lady who has taught so many about "the little things" and to all that provide me the “little things” day to day in my life. I also give thanks to God for putting those people and things in my life, and I give thank for God, for being in my life.
So as they say in life don’t sweat the big stuff, look for the little things.
She wrote about a mutual friend of ours who passed away a few years ago. She talked about how our friend’s husband shared at the funeral. How he talked about how her life was about the little things. He talked about how all the little things made lives better and how precious the little things can be.
How true it is. The very first day I met this women she spoke to me with her soft voice words which touched me in a very large way that changed my life forever and will never be forgotten. It was the "little thing" she said that made all the difference in the world to me.
It is the small kind smiles, words, and touch through hugs that can make all the difference in the world. I may not always feel like smiling or sharing a kind word but I do it any ways because I know how those small warm fuzzies make me feel and so I try to give them back. These little things could save someone’s life that day; it has helped save mine on many occasions.
It is the thank you, the hello's, the unexpected phone calls, cards, that make the difference. When a person comes to mind and I am thinking about them, how they are or how things are going, I try to stop and call them. That might be the little thing they need for that day.
It is about making others feel how you want to be treated, with kindness, love, understanding and compassion. So since I have experienced so much of this, I try to give it back as much as possible. When in someone’s heart or mind they feel like the world is a terrible place or just down, these little things may make all the difference in the world to them. It may help restore their Faith, it has mine.
It is all the small things, which add up to be the big things. Sometimes we have no idea how the small things we do can effect a person forever, or for the moment. I think of times where I was so down, hurt and desperately hoping someone would call and the phone rang, or a kind letter came in the mail or via email, or I would be out and I would run into someone and we would stop and chat for a while. Some of those times have made all the difference in the world to me.
Some of the other “little things” would be have you ever stopped to look at life through the eyes of a little child. The walk down your front side walk that takes you second could take a ½ hour with a child. You see we may have to stop and smell the flowers, answer questions about the flowers. Then we might see a bug, which we would need to pick up, look at it, count his legs, wings, eyes, stripes, you know what I mean. Then we would have to set it free. Now we can carry on and move a little further down the side walk till something else of curiosity appears and we start all over. It is those little things that are so awesome and I also cherish.
I do not have children of my own but I see this through my nephews and my niece, I see it through my friend’s children and grandchildren.
I remember when I became a Christian a few years ago having a discussion with a really good friend about “the little things” she was looking for the lightning bolt and I was enjoying the small things. I explained to her that she has to look at the day to day “little things” and eventually they will add up to be the big thing. Today in my life there are no coincidences there are God incidences. I take all the “little things” and add them up to make the big thing. Because I was able to see these my Faith grew rapidly and today when tough times come because I know God is in my life and loves me those times are far shorter lived and further and further apart. God knew I needed to see him all around me so he showed me via the “little things” so I could believe in the “big thing” HIM.
So I dedicate this to that special lady who has taught so many about "the little things" and to all that provide me the “little things” day to day in my life. I also give thanks to God for putting those people and things in my life, and I give thank for God, for being in my life.
So as they say in life don’t sweat the big stuff, look for the little things.
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so true. . . i also take much inspiration from kids. . my own, my grandkids, my nieces and nephews. . they get it. . they appreciate little things. . the older i get the more i find that its better to be like the child i used to be!!! (in some ways!)
Hey It took me a while to lear how to open this window, it was a little thing, right? tha big thing is I did it on my own! You also did it on your own Alexis, so do not sweat the little things, the big things will come and take care of themselves as long as you persevers, your friend Maria from the lowest states of the great USA
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