heartconnection:“Tell me the weight of a snowflake,” a sparrow asked a wild dove. &ldquo

heartconnection:“Tell me the weight of a snowflake,” a sparrow asked a wild dove. “Nothing more than nothing,” was the answer. “In that case I must tell a marvelous story,” the sparrow said. “I sat on a branch of a fir tree, close to its trunk, when it began to snow, not heavily, not a giant blizzard, no, just like in a dream, without any violence. Since I didn’t have anything better to do, I counted the snowflakes settling on the twigs and needles of my branch. Their number was exactly 3,741,952. When the next snowflake dropped onto the branch - nothing more than nothing, as you say - the branch broke off.” Having said that, the sparrow flew away. The dove thought about the story for a while and finally said to herself: “Perhaps there is only one voice lacking for peace to come in our world.” This is a beautiful story.  I’ve been struggling lately with a world that seems to be too much for me, just too out of control and filled with negative thinking.  I have tried for years to be kind, and to be a tiny, positive force of energy in my little sphere of influence, although lately my efforts seem laughably inadequate.  But I also remember the Dalai Lama telling us that kindness is everything; it’s the only religion any of us really needs.  And I heard this story today while listening to a Jack Kornfield podcast.  Maybe you or I are that one snowflake, that one voice, the source of that one act or word of kindness that’s needed to keep the balance on the positive side.  Please, let’s not lose heart.  Let’s not give up.  Persevere in kindness and love, knowing that you are not alone in your mission.  What you do doesn’t have to be huge; the story teaches us that it’s when many of us do the little things that the outcome changes. ♥️ -- source link

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