Extreme Makeover: Home Edition

I watch too much TV and this is one of my favorite shows. [Sure is better than the original idea of the show were they took women (and men) and tons of plastic surgery.] I sometimes don't watch it because I don't think that I have ever been able to watch this show and not cry my eyes out. It is amazing to me how people can come together and really change one family's life. People could make arguments about how many more people could be helped if the resources were redistributed, but none of that matters. People are getting second chances; there is good in the world.

There are all sorts of people and gestures: little things people and big gesture people. The big gesture almost always gets all the attention. The little things take a lot more time and thought, but they are just as fabulous. Because changing one life, is still changing one life. If you have the opportunity to change more, then more power to you. But don't judge yourself for not being able to save the world.

What gets me is how we could think that we are insignificant in this world. Everyone needs someone. Some are meant to change the people around them and others are destined to touch the lives of people they will never know. Some will get to hear thank you and others may seemingly go unnoticed. Attention and thanks should never be motivation to do something. "Not enough" should never be and excuse to not do something.

Because every good thing done, no matter how big or small, once or often, is still a choice to share. We can't be the judges of what will change a person's life. Guess what I'm trying to say is that by simply being considerate, on any given day, could be the day you touch someone's life in a way that is memorable. It's good to go out of your way to do good; but it's just as good to do the little things.