Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Which has more impact ?

It has been awhile since I posted anything here.

Please don't assume the time lapse to be indicative of my lack of "upward" focus or intention. I have attempted to be "eyes-wide-open" to local stories that can be recounted for the purpose of encouraging a positive attitude and warming a person's heart.

It should've been so easy over the Christmas Season - finding people reaching out to others in a spirit of giving. And it's not that I wasn't witness to food and clothing hampers being gathered and gifts being given without a previously arranged exchange.

Somehow, though, the stories, touching as they were, didn't seem to hold the creative potential to fit within this blog... or did they?

If I take some time to ponder the implications, maybe a simple story is more powerful than an amazing one.

Maybe the everyday acts of shoveling a walk, lending an arm or an ear during such a busy time of year is the essence of practicing the "up" side.

And perhaps in the search for the "great and big" the more profound, everyday, ordinary events are overlooked.

Are people interested in reading a simple story about ordinary people doing ordinary things that, over the longhaul, create extraordinary influence and impact?

Or are we desensitized, blinded to the beauty found in the simple because of the glitz and glamor of what our world has declared big and important?

I remain on the hunt for the "Up" side...