Note-able

“We must not, in trying to think about how we can make a big difference, ignore
the small daily differences we can make which, over time, add up to big
differences that we often cannot foresee.”

Marian Wright Edelman

It was, perhaps, a timely reminder.

I was having a chat with a busker whom I frequently met on the way to the train station from my workplace on weekday evenings after work.  He seems unusually happy that day, and further into our little chat, he revealed the source of his happiness, he had met an unusual girl recently and showed me a note, written by her on a post-it paper, carefully folded and kept in his wallet.

It was a note of appreciation for his music, from a random stranger. The note was filled with appreciation for his music in making her day seems happier and encouragement for his future. It was heartwarming. I left the busker with his note, with a pat on his shoulder, telling him to continue living his dream of being a musician.

I felt strangely happy and touched by the kind appreciation gesture of the young girl who wrote the note. I was, in a sense, sharing in his happiness. I am grateful to the busker for sharing his happiness with me and the random stranger who wrote the note.

Perhaps, a lot of us are focusing on how we can make a big difference in others and our lives that we be neglect the little things that really matters. Perhaps, what is more valuable to others is hope, encouragement and faith in humanity which I think all of us can contribute to, with a smile and a kind gesture anytime, anywhere when the conditions are right.

Let us all make this world a better place by being a better us the next moment on.

“We can do no great things, only small things with great love”

Mother Teresa

May all be loved by all and have the love for all

With Metta

Simple Bear 22.03.2013.