If I asked you to name five words that make your day, what would you say?
How about, “My treat. You pick where.” Or possibly better, “Who knew? It’s calorie free!”
Today I heard five words that cheered me, and they were these: “Do you have a vase?”
Shortly after affirming that I did, indeed, have a vase, my doorbell rang. There stood my friend, with a bouquet of magnificent flowers in one hand and a loaf of crusty bread in the other.
Prompting me to exclaim five words of my own: “Let me get that vase!”
Which led to, “Can you stay a while?”
And, “How about a little wine?”
And finally, “Would you like feta, too?”
There are so many ways to say, “I’m truly here for you.” Maybe you will clean for an hour, or weed a flowerbed, or drop off a pot of soup.
You may leave a voice mail saying “You’re on my mind — still!” or you may write a card. You might send specialty calendars or give gift certificates or text a verse late at night.
Today a single card arrived by mail, the only truly personal note in the midst of (not one but two) Comcast coupons, a sheet of Macy’s coupons, a Wells Fargo notice, and this month’s World Vision magazine.
This single, personal card, had one simple sentence on it: “I keep you in my thoughts and prayers daily.” Nine words, and they transformed my day.
The beauty you hold out may come in little places, in small spaces, a few bright beads along a single strand. You might be tempted to minimize it. It isn’t longer, bigger, shinier, more in-depth. …It’s just…It’s a little…
It was a handful of flowers. It was bread. It was nine scribbled words.
But each single little something was a mighty something. Each had the power to make a day.