Our of Small Things

My thoughts on Elder Teh's talk "Out of Small Things"

Excuse my tardiness; I was very busy this week with jury duty. I got a taste of what my family would be like if I worked outside the home and it wasn’t pretty!

I read this on Sunday and then on Wednesday went to downtown Seattle. Oh so much has swirled in my mind and I can only say NOTHING because we haven’t come back with a verdict. Walking from the bus to the court house in the wee hours of the morning and seeing the homeless men and women on the streets. My heart was broken and yet I can only do so little for them. I wanted so bad to make it better for all of them, but I couldn’t. I can’t. It isn’t possible for me to make everyone’s troubles disappear. But alas, I sigh and serve where I can.

“Often we find these opportunities within the confines of our own home, neighborhood, and ward.”

“Doing good is a pleasure, a joy beyond measure,/ A blessing of duty and love.”

It is our “duty” and we should be happy about doing it. Guess I need to repent, especially about my service toward those I love the most.

I love the principle of “the one.” It is the “one” that can so often make the move waves. There are ripples that we never know, never will see and never can understand when we serve with our hearts and our spirits. I hope that my ripples are only good ripples and that those that I touch the most often only get touched by the good ones.