Thanksgiving Eve 2020

 "We make a living by what we get, 

  We make a life by what we give."

 Winston Churchill

 

 

It is not an easy time to be alive....

Life is strange

The world is strange

The future? Largely unknown.

 

Separate, yet bound together 

We all travel thru these days

These heartaches

These fears and frustrations

 

I believe Churchill 

We each strive our best to survive

But warmth, hope and humanity

The best of life comes from

What we give....

 

Not only food, money, gifts, clothing

But equally important are:

A text

A phone call

An email

 

Perhaps a card sent to a lonely mailbox

Or a little tiny effort - a kind word or a wave hello.

A smile (you can see smiling eyes over a mask if you look closely).

A thank you

A how are you? (then really listen to the answer)...

 

Funny thing happened this week

I received a bill from a local service provider 

and on the back of the envelope

was a tiny little sticker, a circle of flowers that said, simply

"thank you"

 

 I found myself a bit overwhelmed by how very much

that tiny very thoughtful human touch

meant to me. 

 

I'll be calling the office of that business to tell them just that.

 

Perhaps one of the painfully wonderful lessons

taught by this no-good-very-bad-heart-wrenching covid-19

is how little it takes to make a difference.

How very very very much small kindness can matter.

Little acts of caring that we seem to have forsaken, 

that we have forgotten to value in the way we should.

So easy, so simple, mostly costing nothing 

but a little thought and a small effort.

 

So on this eve of Thanksgiving

Be mindful of what you may be lucky to have

Be thoughtful of what you, what other have lost

And if you are able and willing

Try to do something to help this beleaguered world

If you can, commit some small, tiny, human, act of kindness.

And I hope someone will do the same for you....

*If you'd like to share a kindness given or received in the comments I'd love that*