Storytime Tapestry Newsletter

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  Inspirations – A Joe Mazzella Column

April 3, 2008

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LITTLE THINGS

By: Joseph J. Mazzella

     I got a nasty flat tire today. I was looking at a rough change too in the rain and mud. It was then, however, that a local resident showed up to lend a hand. In fact, he put on the spare without much help from me at all. He only asked that I return the favor one day while I shook his hand and promised I would. He reminded me too about the difference between an ordinary life and a great one. The difference isn’t money, success, education, fame, or power. It is instead the little things we do everyday with love.

     The difference is stopping on the side of the road to help someone change a tire. It is opening a door for an elderly person. It is mowing a sick neighbor’s lawn and picking up their groceries. It is listening to someone as they tell you their problems. It is bending down to pet a dog, scratch a cat, or talk to a child. It is saying, "please, thank you, your welcome, and I love you." It is passing on a few kind words, an honest compliment, and a bit of encouragement to those around us. It is taking a few moments everyday to say, "I love you God and I thank you for my life." It is saying a prayer for a friend and doing all you can to help God make that prayer come true. It is doing what you are able, with what you are given, to make this world a bit more like Heaven.