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A Drop in the Ocean

Ever looked out into the sea of people we call this world and felt like maybe you didn't make a difference?
Like you are alone in that crowd?


Well let me tell you. 

3 people changed my attitude and even day this week. 


1) After a hard and disappointing day at work I needed to go to Wal-Mart to get some groceries. The greeter looked at me a smiled. Of course I strained a smile back. This cute little old lady smiled even bigger and said, "You should always keep that smile, you are just a beautiful girl." -- I smiled and continued on my way.

2) I was trying to reach something on a self at Wal-Mart, but I'm super short so it sometimes makes it difficult. I was straining to reach and just couldn't, the frustration was building up. Quickly a young man MUCH taller than me reached the can. "I smiled and said, "Thank you, sorry I'm so short." And this man said to me, "You're very welcome but you shouldn't apologize for who you are."-- Yes, maybe he was trying to hit on me, but still, at that time it meant the world to me that he would just take time to help me.

3) Walking in to my grandpas senior home, I was walking just behind this old man who comes to visit his wife, he opened the door and could have easily gone in and the door closed before I got there, instead he paused, waited by the door, then when I got there he said, "beauty before age" and gave me that old man wink. -- Such a simple gesture that changed so much for me.


On a day when I was dealing heavily with emotional things, and other complicated problems when I was already frustrated and easily could have been miserable the rest of the day, it seemed as if the entire universe was working to make me a happier person. As said in a movie I saw this week, "Sometimes it seems as if all the forces of the universe combine together to create a miracle. Why? To save her? What would she become? We do not know. All we know is the battle between good and evil is not fought by wars but by one soul at a time."



So if you think you don't make a difference, you leave that mind set behind. You make a difference to me, to those around you, and to your family. 
You could be part of someone else's miracle. 
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