On my day off today I peeked out the window and saw the sun trying to come out. I see the snow is beginning to melt and spring is finally drawing near. One thing I have missed so much from my previous life in Florida is the sunshine. I love the feel of the sun on my skin and seeing the palm trees blowing in the breeze. It’s funny how people can miss things like that. One thing I have learned in life is sometimes it’s the smallest things that seem so unimportant that can make the biggest difference and bring joy into a memory.
I read a very touching true-story on Facebook yesterday. It was about a young boy in middle school, who was new to the area and have been through difficult times. As he was walking home from school with all his books in hand, some bullies came and beat him up. A stranger in the distance, another young boy went over to help him and offered to help carry his books and walk to his house. During that walk, they became friends. He invited this poor boy to play sports with his friends over the weekend. The poor boy said yes. Over time, these boys became close friends and became popular in high school. The young boy who was once bullied walking home became valedictorian and had an amazing future ahead. As he went up to his speech, people were expecting the typical speech about the future, however his was about friendship. He confessed he was walking home that day with all those books because he was going to kill himself over the weekend and he didn’t want his mother to have to clean out the locker for him. However, kindness intervened and his whole life became changed. His friend was shocked in the audience but the truth rang clear for everyone. Friendship and kindness, they are small things, easy things, all about our choices and attitudes and look how it changed just this one man’s life. Truth is, kindness has changed many lives. I believe it was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle who once said, “It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important.”
The little things are so common we often take them for granted. Have you noticed every time you turn on the news it’s just fighting and yelling about big specific, particular things that seem so big and important, and many of them are, but my question is, where are the little things like kindness or trustworthiness or even friendships? All I seem to hear is insults and attitudes mixed with ego’s, so how can anyone fight these big issues if they can’t even show or remember the little issues like friendship and kindness? It’s a tough world but even the toughest tiger needs a gentle touch sometimes. Friendship and kindness can influence a single child, a single person, a group of people, and even societies and countries. If someone kicks us, we kick back, but if we befriend others, maybe they will befriend us? Let’s start a cycle of friendship. Maybe that’s the key.
The little things are definitely important if we want to rise above the evils of the world and become a truly great nation full of truly great people. That’s what I was thinking about anyway…
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