A Crazy Visual

I looked.

It was easy. I just typed the words "SIMPLE THINGS" in the search box found on this website. I knew that I'd written about this topic a few times. As it turns out, the number exceeds a typical definition of "a few times". The search returned forty-one articles! 

That means that IF the search was correct, and since this would be the 364th article posted, I spent over 10% of my time discussing simple things.

You'll be happy to see that I have not chosen to include a list of links for your review. If you want to spend a little time doing some research, it's easy. I will just stand back and leave you to it.

Thinking about my viewpoint towards the little things in life - those that we do for others and those that others have done for us, I am drawn to the conclusion that I have yet to accomplish this worthy goal. Why else would I talk about it so much?

But the volume of words suggests that I am trying to teach myself this lesson. As you can clearly see, self-consolation is also at play.

Today, however, I found this crazy visual that I am hoping will help me see the relationship between small things and those of much greater size.

The video could easily apply to the words we speak to each other in a way that shows the impact that just one small utterance might have on someone.

It could also apply to our actions, or lack thereof, in much the same way.

Domino Chain Reaction (short version): geometric growth in action

A bit in the mouth of a horse controls the whole horse. A small rudder on a huge ship in the hands of a skilled captain sets a course in the face of the strongest winds. A word out of your mouth may seem of no account, but it can accomplish nearly anything—or destroy it!

It only takes a spark, remember, to set off a forest fire. A careless or wrongly placed word out of your mouth can do that. By our speech we can ruin the world, turn harmony to chaos, throw mud on a reputation, send the whole world up in smoke and go up in smoke with it, smoke right from the pit of hell. James 3: 4-6