The Value of Small Acts Have Absolutely Priceless Results

We need to be reminded that in total and over a significant period of time, seemingly small things bring to pass great things. – President Dallin H. Oaks

What great things have you done in your life? Well?

Have you…

Solved a human rights issue?
Discovered a cure for a disease?
Saved a life?
Written a book that changed lives?

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No? Me neither.

How about…

Did you call a friend today to check on them?
Did you hold a door open for someone?
Did you slow down and let someone in your lane ahead of you?
Did you pick up a piece of trash on the ground and put it in the trash?
Did you offer a kind word when someone was openly unkind to you?
Did you say hello and smile at someone you didn’t know?
Did you offer your restaurant leftovers to someone in need?

Those are a lot of “small things.” By themselves, they sure don’t seem like much. I mean really, how much effort and time did they take? Exactly. Little effort and time.

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That’s the perspective from our side. Let’s look at the recipient’s side.

Results of Small Acts

Your small acts could very well be the catapult that changes the course of an individual’s day. Your small act could have been the one thing which tipped your friend’s day from “unbearable” to “I can do this!” Your small act could be infectiously transferred to another person; a kind word, a kind act, a kind offer.

These small acts, though seemingly insignificant in the grand scheme of your efforts, can have profound effects. Many times, your small acts will carry on in unforseen ways. Adding a shard of happiness to someone, though small, can pick up speed and size, carrying on to yet another person who benefits, and so forth, and so forth.

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Worth It?

So, what I’m trying to say is this, “Your small acts are making a difference. Your acts are what shapes the world around us. Your acts are what transforms those around you and uplifts communities. Your service to those around you strengthens your community on a micro-level. It benefits the individual, which benefits the community (repeated over and over).

Go ahead, engage in your small acts. You are the builder and sustainer of the community around you. Thanks for that, truly, thank you.

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