A SMALL PERSPECTIVE
Horrified, I watched my friend dip her empty jelly container into her water glass and wipe it clean with a napkin.
Incredulously, I asked, “What in the world are you doing?”
“I need a sink,” she replied.
“That container is too small for a sink,” I replied in disbelief.
Reflectively she turned the container around in her hands, nodding slowly. Then she looked at me with a gentle smile.
“Perspective,” she said. “To an ant, this container would be a swimming pool. To a mouse, a bathtub. To me, it is too small for a sink. But size is just a matter of perspective.”
I sat with that for a moment.
How often do we see something as “too small” or “not enough” simply because of our own perspective? How often do we dismiss an idea, a gesture, a moment, because it does not fit our expectations?
A small kindness is not small to the person receiving it.
A few minutes of listening is not small to someone who feels alone.
A single phone call is not small to someone who has been waiting to hear your voice.
My friend taught me that day that one person’s “jelly container” is another person’s “sink.” It is all about where you stand and how you choose to see it.
So today, I invite you to shift your perspective. Look at the small things in your life. Are they truly small? Or have you just been looking at them from the wrong angle?
Maybe that tiny container is exactly what you need.