If I can stop one heart from breaking,
I shall not live in vain;
If I can ease one life the aching,
Or cool one pain,
Or help one fainting robin
Unto his nest again,
I shall not live in vain.
-BY Emily Dickinson
Many are the times when we feel that we are incapable of doing much. Compared to other people, we feel that we lack the time, the talent, or the resources in order to make a difference.
The truth however, is that we can do a lot more than we’ve ever thought we could. There are many people to whom a little thing can make a great difference. A sincere smile can often brighten another person’s day. A shoulder to cry on to is often rare in a world where everybody seems to be rushing about, doing their own thing in their own world.
Each of us has a gift we could use with which to bless other people. Each has a purpose no one else can fulfill. Each is needed, no matter how ordinary the task seems to be.
You don’t have to help the whole world in order for your life to amount to something. Making a difference in the life of one person is already something. To that person, you have been God’s messenger of love. To that person, you were the one who saved his or her universe.
The thing about hope is that it’s a positive force that shines the most when it’s dark. When everything’s going well, we hardly notice it’s there. But when things go against us, when our dreams fade and when we see no immediate reprieve from our troubles, that’s when hope does its best work for us.
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One reply on “If I Can”
Yes, indeed, we can. 🙂