It takes so little to help someone, to make them more comfortable, perhaps to ease their mind. Someone who lives close to us was outside when Kevin was walking our dogs up the street. She seemed a little peaked and so he asked her how she was doing. She said she wasn't feeling well, but wanted to get some fresh air. He offered to walk with her and they went up to the Crescent Hotel and looked around at the flowers. She mentioned that she needed to go to the grocery store as she had nothing for dinner. This is not the weekend to be getting out, even if you feel good, as there are hundreds of motorcycles in our town. So he told her that I always cook and he'd see what I had planned and he would deliver some to her in a little while. It was plain old brown beans and cornbread and apple crisp. But she was so happy with it, and he was happy to have helped her, and I was gratified to have supplied a need so easily. I was reminded of the story of the little boy throwing starfish back into the ocean, which were stranded on the shore. There were hundreds of them and a man came by and asked the child if he really thought he could make a difference to them. "I made a difference to that one!", he said as he happily flung one back into the sea. And there you are: we can make a difference, no matter how small and seemingly insignificant. Have a beautiful Sunday, Friends ~~~
"The rich in spirit help the poor in one grand brotherhood, all having the same Principle, or Father; and blessed is that man who seeth his brother's need and supplieth it, seeking his own in another's good." Mary Baker Eddy - Science & Health Page 518:15
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