“Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things.” - Robert Brault
I just got back from visiting a farming field for a nonprofit called Harvest for Humanity right outside of downtown Chandler. I went from beautifully renovated downtown Chandler to a poorer, run down area. I got lost getting there because the street was so small, but I eventually found my way. When I arrived I saw a big empty field with a huge Palo Verde tree against the property line. I noticed the tiny house right next to the field that a little old couple lives in. I got out of my car and met the Executive Director for the nonprofit and we began talking about the vision that we are creating for the empty field.
As we walked around and chatted, Patty (the name changed for confidentiality) came out of the house to feed her cats and then came over and offered us a drink. As we started talking to Patty she explained that she and her grandma had planted the Palo Verde tree together in 1956 when she was 14 years old. Patty explained that the tree grew from a little seed to the huge tree that it is today. She started talking about her grandmother’s house that used to sit on the property and how the neighborhood and the city have changed over the years. As she talked to us, her eyes lit up, she smiled more as time passed and she was so excited about the field and what it was going to look like.
As I got in my car to leave, I thought to myself, Patty was so excited about a garden being put in right outside her house and about being able to watch the garden grow and come together. Patty touched me this afternoon with her kindness, her joy, her excitement, and most of all her love. She exuded love, love of live, love for her grandmother, love for the kindness that Harvest for Humanity has shown to her. She was so grateful and so appreciative.
If Patty was so excited and so happy about that small act of kindness, I thought I should be thankful for all that I have, even the little things. Those little things we take for granted such as being able to see, walk, receive and give hugs, sing, dance, and tell someone we love them. I also thought to myself, I wonder if people can see how grateful I am for my life? Do I show it, can they see it without me saying a word?
What are the little things you take for granted that you can be thankful for?
“the “little way” to reach the heights of holiness – doing small things with great love for God and others” – St. Therese of Lisieux
Have a super day!
Rebekah Chavez
I just got back from visiting a farming field for a nonprofit called Harvest for Humanity right outside of downtown Chandler. I went from beautifully renovated downtown Chandler to a poorer, run down area. I got lost getting there because the street was so small, but I eventually found my way. When I arrived I saw a big empty field with a huge Palo Verde tree against the property line. I noticed the tiny house right next to the field that a little old couple lives in. I got out of my car and met the Executive Director for the nonprofit and we began talking about the vision that we are creating for the empty field.
As we walked around and chatted, Patty (the name changed for confidentiality) came out of the house to feed her cats and then came over and offered us a drink. As we started talking to Patty she explained that she and her grandma had planted the Palo Verde tree together in 1956 when she was 14 years old. Patty explained that the tree grew from a little seed to the huge tree that it is today. She started talking about her grandmother’s house that used to sit on the property and how the neighborhood and the city have changed over the years. As she talked to us, her eyes lit up, she smiled more as time passed and she was so excited about the field and what it was going to look like.
As I got in my car to leave, I thought to myself, Patty was so excited about a garden being put in right outside her house and about being able to watch the garden grow and come together. Patty touched me this afternoon with her kindness, her joy, her excitement, and most of all her love. She exuded love, love of live, love for her grandmother, love for the kindness that Harvest for Humanity has shown to her. She was so grateful and so appreciative.
If Patty was so excited and so happy about that small act of kindness, I thought I should be thankful for all that I have, even the little things. Those little things we take for granted such as being able to see, walk, receive and give hugs, sing, dance, and tell someone we love them. I also thought to myself, I wonder if people can see how grateful I am for my life? Do I show it, can they see it without me saying a word?
What are the little things you take for granted that you can be thankful for?
“the “little way” to reach the heights of holiness – doing small things with great love for God and others” – St. Therese of Lisieux
Have a super day!
Rebekah Chavez