“If you think you are too small to be effective, you have never been in the dark with a mosquito.” 

Shannon Miller 

I just want to encourage each of us today. Please, don’t think you are too small, or insignificant, to have a big impact. Each of us is a genius in our way, we each bring things to the table that no other person can.  Don’t let the thought that crosses your mind, the one that says, “You aren’t much”, stay in your mind.

You might not be where you want to be, might not be as far along as you would like, but that is a good thing.  If you have arrived, if you have gone as far as you can, if there is nothing else to be accomplished, learned, or conquered, then life is over.  On the flip side, you probably have no idea how big an influence for good you truly are, in others’ lives.

I was catching up with a friend, this week, and he was telling me a story of a truck he a bought for $300. It didn’t run, it wouldn’t start, but other than that, it was in great shape.  He stopped at a rest area, with the truck on a rented trailer, and went to the men’s room. When he came out, a guy was standing by the trailer, looking at the truck.

“I love this model truck,” he said to my friend, “best truck I’ve ever had. The only problem I ever had with it, was that the fuse in the fuel relay would burn out.”

My friend and the man spoke for a few minutes and parted ways.  My friend stopped at a auto parts store, picked up a fuse for the relay, changed it out on the spot, and BOOM!! The truck cranked like it was new, and has been running with no problems ever since.

Some random guy at a rest stop was effective and significant.  We don’t know his name, probably wouldn’t recognize him, even if we saw him on the street wearing red pajamas, but that guy….well, I’m glad that what comes around goes around.  Here’s to good things coming your way, Random-Rest-Stop-Problem-Solving-Guy!

Today, go forth and be “that guy”! You are NOT too small, and you are NOT insignificant!

Boo yah!!