make a difference

“If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito.”

― Dalai Lama XIV

 “My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.”

― Dalai Lama XIV

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The news pours out of the TV

Rolls across the screen of my computer

It is overwhelming

Depressing

Disemboweling

We are left beaten and shaken

The lies, the cruelty, the selfishness,

The hate, the prejudice

To total disregard for the vulnerable

And the health of the earth

It makes one feel one’s “smallness”

And it make one want to just

Quit

To curl up in a ball, deep under the covers

To turn off the TV

Shut down the computer

And

Isolate!

What fun

Nothing like turning one’s mind loose on one’s self

Ouch

But here is the thing

We all can make a difference!

Really

We can do what is in front of us

Care for the person in front of us

Listen to the person in front of us

And we can perform a thousand small acts of kindness each day

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