Small Things

By Olivene Godfrey

When you are burdened with problems, there is much to be said for small things. A smile is a small thing. Yet, it gives comfort. A thought can be a small thing.  But, its consoling to know someone is thinking of you. Hope is sometimes a small thing. But, one tiny glimmer of hope can lift us out of the deepest pit of darkness. One whisper of encouragement will help us to know that as long as there's hope there is a good chance.

Then, a wish is a small thing. Like a prayer, a smile and hope, it encourages us to believe that all is not lost.  Its in small things that great things are formed, as in little beginnings are the possibilities of great events. Courage must have an everyday face, not just for special occasions. Whatever we have to meet there is something within us to help us to meet it.

It is wise not to wait until we are faced with tragedy to build that courage, to tap it to know what it is and turn it into a product that will serve its purpose. I've always heard its darkest just before dawn, that fear, worry, tensions, can last so long. And then the light of dawn breaks through. But, when we are troubled the darkness holds only the most frightening possibilities. And, we feel as if the night will never end.


But, the fact that we aren't alone gives comfort, for no matter what we are experiencing, someone else has been there before. And often after we emerge from the night we are better persons.
And we learn that its important, to have faith in the darkness just as it's easy to have faith in sunshine.

Most persons are familiar with the prayer. Grant us courage to change what can be changed. Grant us patience to endure what cannot be changed; grant us to know the one from the other, In a little book I once read and can’t recall the author, gave a different version from the original prayer. I wrote it down and it goes: " Grant us serenity to accept what we cannot change, Until we can change what we cannot accept. "

QUOTE:"

 Sometimes the faults you see in others are only a reflection of your own. Anon

See you next time.