just one
There are hundreds of thousands of people,
maybe even millions,
holding the world together,
each doing one small act of goodness today,
one righteous act of peace,
one simple smile of grace,
one pie to a neighbor,
one cleaning up another’s mess,
one holding space,
one sharing faith,
one sock finding it’s match,
one stepping into the breech,
to bring one giant defiant action against evil.
Somehow we hear just a few names in history…
great people, yes.
they inspire us, yes.
However it does not make our ordinary, everyday, small effort lesser
not one bit.
We seem to have come to believe only in celebrity.
We forget our lives are mainly small acts strung together
in beautiful, ordinary, every day life
I have found this bold truth worthy of notice:
there are no small parts to goodness
Yes, there are hundreds of thousands of people,
maybe millions,
holding the world together,
every day –
one small piece for each of us.
🌈
Amy Lloyd
life: acoustic & amplified 