Little Things: A Few New Year’s Suggestions

In 2022, what if you …

… secretly put some flowers by a nearby neighbor’s door?

… used a public restroom and left it cleaner than before?

… were jammed up on the highway, but let someone go ahead?

… awoke before you needed to make coffee and the beds?

… carried in the morning paper just for someone else to read?

… always greeted little ones by getting on your knees?

… wrote a note and mailed it, in lieu of chat or text?

… were standing first in line, but let another one go next?

… plunged the stopped-up toilet, though you didn’t cause the clog?

… parked outside the grocery and brought two carts from the lot?

… washed and dried the dishes, thought you didn’t use one plate?

… personally apologized when you made a mistake?

… prayed inside your car instead of crabbing on the phone?

… chose to withhold gossip until all the facts were known?

… did these little things and more, but never told a soul?

… never posted photographs or public virtue scores?

… and everyone did things like these all throughout the year?

Then you and they could start to say, “His Kingdom is truly near.”