Little Things That Matter Much

I remember having two pages of our "School Diary" being dedicated to this heading. Yes, these two pages were utilized for reporting complaints like "napkin not brought", "nails not cut" etc. Little things, that hardly take up five minutes of our day but would still not be done, were brought to notice of our parents.
Just a few hours back I realized how much doing little things that might seem insignificant to us can make a huge difference in someone else's life.

A month back I had got the opportunity to work with the kids at Parichay, an NGO located in East Delhi district of New Delhi. It has been exactly one month since I left that community and despite promising the kids to be in touch with them, I have been able to visit them just once till now. One can argue that I have been constantly in touch with them via mobile phones, but the sense of happiness achieved upon going and meeting them personally can never be the same. It has been on my mind since the past week that I need to visit them again ! I wanted to ! But somehow things just didn't seem to be working out until the fruitful evening of today when we were finally able to chalk out a plan ! Yes, we are going to meet the kids tomorrow. When I called them to tell them of this news that they had been eagerly waiting for, it almost seemed like the excitement somehow got transferred via the phone ! They were so happy ! So delighted ! I could almost picture all of them beaming from ear to ear. And trust me, just hearing the kids getting this excited got me to cloud nine !
I never promised those kids any material gifts, it was just a simple gesture of going and meeting them and this got them to be so happy ! Its not even a gesture yet, its just a thought in process !
Yes, all of this got me thinking, there are so many little things in life that we can do for others which can brighten up their day, little things that we take for granted that are planted especially in our path of normal days to make them extra special.

An innocent smile, a small hug, an encouraging pat, a grateful note, a heart-felt letter, a five minute call to someone who feels forgotten, a mail written to someone far away, an out-of-the blue text, little things that may take up just ten minutes of our day may become the reason for someone's smile for an entire week.

Its a little basic fact of life that everyone here in this large Universe is beautiful and it just takes little ignorance for one to forget this and just a little effort by a little someone to remind them of the same :) .