Seemingly Insignificant....

This is a note I had written on facebook April 26, 2009....

"The sun: just something that keeps everything alive and makes a day at the beach more enjoyable, or could it be one of the greatest symbols God ever gave us?....thinking about this while sitting on the turf watching the ultimate Frisbee tournament I realized something: no matter how many times the sun falls, it always rises in the morning; no matter how many clouds cover it, it always seems to show up again to bask us in its light. It is so simple that we don't even realize it; the sun that is setting for us is rising for someone else. At the same time as though it seems like there will never be any light again for us, another part of the world, another country, suffering from a number of different things, is given hope by the rising of the sun. A constant and consistent cycle, something very hard to come by in our world today. I don't know about you, but just the fact that something can fall everyday and manage to rise looking just as radiant the next day makes me want to get back up again when I stumble in my day to day life. If the sun, created by God, can do it; then why can't I, also created by God, manage to do it? So every morning we should rise again and remember we can shine God's light on everyone we see in a day....just as the sun shines upon us. We should show enthusiasm, love, and compassion to everyone around us. You never know when you may need someone in your life to be the sun for you for a day."

I feel as though in our world today we don't realize how much of an effect we can have on each and every person around us. Smiles, compliments, and words of encouragement are all things we should never overlook the significance of. And as Mother Teresa said, "Being unwanted, unloved, uncared for, forgotten by everybody, I think that is a much greater hunger, a much greater poverty than the person who has nothing to eat." Think about that! You and I have the ability to feed the hungry without cooking up anything more than a smile that tells someone they are not forgotten and will not be overlooked. I am in no way suggesting this is a substitute for actual food, but we have to remember the heart and soul cannot be overlooked in this feeding process. A simple smile can open the doors allowing those around us to see Jesus Christ through us, and He is the only One who can ever satisfy true hunger. Feeding the soul should take priority over feeding our physical bodies, and to think it could all start with a smile.

Mother Teresa also said these,
"Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing."
"Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless"
"Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love"

God has blessed me with an abundance of amazing family and friends. And for all of you who have been the sun for me for a day, know your actions have not gone unnoticed. So may we all remember sometimes all it takes to turn someone's day around is a genuine smile, a true act of compassion, and maybe even above all of that, just someone to share a good laugh with. =)