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1392 sats \ 9 comments \ @elvismercury 5 May mostly_harmless
This has got a similar wise vibe as some of Henrik Karlsson's stuff (here's a recent one) so if you liked that, you'll probably like this.
The general attitude of "small things matter" has been much on my mind recently. The author is talking about stuff mostly from a marketing / business perspectives, but lines like this one:
When someone least expects an act of generosity it has a tattoo like impact.
suggest the scope is much larger. The opportunity to take care of someone, to step up, do something kind, be there, be better than you have to be is like nuclear warhead powerful. You never forget when someone does that for you.
And yet it's so easy to lose sight of what's possible. To get swept up in your own dumb shit and to be reduced by it. Or at least, it sure is for me.
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218 sats \ 2 replies \ @anniedustan 6 May
I met up with a friend yesterday and we have that kind of friendship whereby we meet up as to not look too socially awkward when we are doing something with the kids that makes us slightly uncomfortable. We don't talk much to each other really, it always starts off with the "hows the weather" conversation just to break the awkwardness and then we move on to very surface level 'chit chat'. We had a couple of beers and then he surprised me when he started talking about how much help I had been and how he couldn't have gotten through some times without me being there. To me, the times I had helped, the acts were so minute that I had forgotten about, but unbeknown to me they had a huge impact on his life.
That was a long way of explaining why I think the 'small things matter'. Choosing to be kind in every moment will not impact us much in the short term, but over a course of a lifetime will have not only a huge effect on those around us, but will change us in ways that we never knew were possible.
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21 sats \ 1 reply \ @elvismercury OP 6 May
A perfect illustration. Thanks for sharing it.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @anniedustan 6 May
you are more than welcome :)
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55 sats \ 0 replies \ @Coinsreporter 6 May
The opportunity to take care of someone, to step up, do something kind, be there, be better than you have to be is like nuclear warhead powerful. You never forget when someone does that for you.
Yes, indeed. This is the way our life should be lived. You've summed up the whole meaning of a virtuous life in these lines. Great words of wisdom.
Thank you for showing the way!!
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54 sats \ 0 replies \ @cryotosensei 5 May
Your analogy nuclear warhead powerful isn’t half bad either. xP
Give yourself some grace. I once read something in Chinese. It loses some elegance when I translate the lines to English, but here it is:
My hand is only so big; I can only hold this much
Also love the shoutout about Singapore Airlines!
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27 sats \ 0 replies \ @Satosora 6 May
These small things add up. Especially family, helping family, being there for family. That is the most important thing in the world. You only have one, so you have to take care of it because it is the most precious thing in the world! Everything else comes second!
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1 sat \ 2 replies \ @IamSINGLE 6 May
That's why Jesus calls the disciples not to worry about material possessions, to trust in the God who provides for the lilies of the field and birds of the air, and to “sell your possessions and give alms” for the sake of “an unfailing treasure in heaven where no thief comes near and no moth destroys” (Luke 12:33). Avarice forecloses this calling, instead naming a failure to recognize God as creator and sustainer of all, a failure that issues forth in excessive desire for, and hope in, earthly goods.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @elvismercury OP 6 May
I'm not sure how the Sermon on the Mount relates to the article, but if you found the connection, perhaps others will too.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @IamSINGLE 6 May
For the same reasons actually.
When someone least expects an act of generosity it has a tattoo like impact.
Now, make connection.
Even in marketing, when companies put their Avarice ahead and forget to do small things for consumers, they loose the favour of God.
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