LITTLE THINGS

 

                   LITTLE THINGS

“LITTLE THINGS” is a small, indeed a very small, inspirational  poem, by  an American educator, poet, author and editor (1823-1908).  She wrote many small poems for children and got them published. They are all inspirational. Little Things reads as follows:

Little drops of water,

Little grains of sand,   

Make the mighty ocean

And the pleasant land.

 

Thus the little minutes,

Humble though they be,

Make the mighty ages

Of eternity.

          The poem shows the greatness of small things. One little drop of water may not mean much but many drops of water mean a big ocean. One grain of sand may be nothing but many grains of sand added together make a land. Bigness is a multiplication of smallness.

 

          One small act of kindness when repeated becomes a great act of kindness. Thus, smallness has the potentiality of greatness. In fact, greatness is impossible without the enlargement of littleness.  So let us go on doing small acts of kindness as frequently as possible.

 

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G. R. Kanwal

18^th November 2023