Everything Counts

   

    Reading this made me think...  About trips to the grocery store... people we meet on the street....  It seems to come naturally to smile and say hello,  but have you ever run into someone that is just growling at the world?  Makes a difference, doesn't it?   It seems I run into the nicest people.  Always someone opens the door at the post office when I go there. Last week when I had a couple of big packages,   two people ask me if they could carry them in ~ so nice! I told them thank you but just holding the door open helps so much!!!!  People touch with looks, words, and actions in ways they never know!  You do too!

Every action, every little word,

your facial expressions,

Your intentions...

Everything counts!!

 

 

EVERYTHING COUNTS

Early 20th Century African-American poet Countee Cullen spent the
summer of his eighth year in Baltimore, Maryland. Shortly after he
arrived he noticed a little white boy staring at him. Countee smiled,
but the little boy did not smile back. Instead, he stuck out his
tongue and called him a hurtful, racial slur.

Cullen later wrote a poem that included his recollection of the summer
when he was eight. In it, he says this:

"I saw the whole of Baltimore
from May until September.
Of everything that happened there
that's all I can remember."

The white child likely soon forgot the episode. And he probably never
was aware of the pain he inflicted on the young stranger. But the
truth is... everything counts. EVERYTHING. Everything we do and
everything we say. Everything helps or hurts; everything adds to or
takes away from someone else.

Educator and writer Leo Buscaglia put it like this: "The majority of
us lead quiet, unheralded lives as we pass through this world. There
will most likely be no tickertape parades for us, no monuments created
in our honor. But that does not lessen our possible impact, for there
are scores of people waiting for someone just like us to come along;
people who will appreciate our compassion, our encouragement, who will
need our unique talents. Someone who will live a happier life merely
because we took the time to share what we had to give. Too often we
underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening
ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which
have the potential to turn a life around. It's overwhelming to
consider the continuous opportunities there are to make our love
felt."

How truly amazing life can be when we know that... EVERYTHING COUNTS.

from "Your Life Support"
-by Steve Goodier

 

 

Have a wonderful week

&

Don't forget to show your kindness!