"I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again."
I tend to think big. I think if I'm doing something for someone it has to be a big thing or a big deal for someone who I think has a big need. I let myself feel unfulfilled at the end of the day if I didn't volunteer at a homeless shelter, give to the poor or share my story with a big group of people. I see what I did as "just life." I just played with the kids that I live with, I just visited family today and just spent time with them, or I just talked on the phone with a friend. Just because these things may seem small or not that big of a deal in the world's eyes or my eyes does not mean God doesn't see them or think that they are a big deal. God sees it all the same. Playing with the kids-spending time with them and enjoying their lives; being with family-letting them know they are loved and worth spending time with; talking on the phone with a friend-listening to them, being real with them and allowing them to be real with me.
You never know if someone you just walk by in a grocery store and take the time to smile at them or say hello what that will do in that persons life. It could completely change their life, it could give them a fresh outlook on the day or it could help them smile back. All I know is that if there is a chance for any encouragement, joy or even a heart change in someone's life by me just doing something small, then I pray I am a believer who lives for just the small things.
