I may not be able to do much, but I’ll do whatever little good I can.

And, in the long run, that will be enough.

You may not be able to do much. But do what little good you can. Have whatever good thoughts you can. Take whatever little good actions you can. It will, in the long run, be enough.

Imagine this: Whatever you do will ring through Eternity. Like tossing a pebble into a lake it will create circles of effects. But there is no edge to the lake of Life. Imagine each of your thoughts and actions will ring through Eternity.

You may or may not get to see any of the ramifications of what you think, do or feel today. That really doesn’t matter. It will still have its effects.

And you cannot really measure the consequences. I once read a story of a man who happened to be a teacher. One day, a former student came to him to thank him. Why? Apparently this teacher had, on some long ago and forgotten day, said a few kind words to this student. On that particular day, the student’s life was so dismal that she had decided she was going to go home and kill herself. She had already made the plans and set her mind to it. She was being severely abused, although no one outside her home knew about it. But, as she explained to him, what he said to her changed her mind.

The funny thing is, the teacher could not remember at all saying or doing anything memorable at all. He couldn’t recall any of that life-changing conversation. Whatever he did or said was, for him, just a matter of course. Nothing the least bit extraordinary at all, at least not to him. But it didn’t matter. It saved her life.

Today you might just choose to simply accept just one more constructive thought about something that troubles you. In years gone by you may not ever recall it. But who knows what effect it will have? It will have an effect.

Do whatever you can. It will be enough.

Happy Mother’s Day

Phil

YES! Happy Mother's Day. What A beautiful expression. Especially for someone like me who is a teacher.

Yes, I will do whatever little good I can. And in the long run, I am sure, it will be enough.

The harvest of life is character. And character is the deeds done again and again until it becomes a habit. The perfection of character is the perfection of life and this little good is but what is needed.

Thanks Phil, you have made this forum appears like an oasis in the desert of internet. Abundant life is yours!