A plug for improving with the power of petite

A plug for improving with the power of petite

Little. Different. Not mutually exclusive.

Just because something’s shrimpy small, doesn’t mean it’s insignificant.

The street that leads off the West Side Highway to Fairway Market uptown, for example. Even its name seems to belittle it.

But it ain’t.

It’s one heckuva significant street. Desperately needed to stock the shelves the with scrumptious sustenance that shoppers’ carts swallow whole.

There are all kinds of dimuntive people who’ve done remarkable things:

-Indian statesman and freedom fighter Ghandi was 5’ 5”

-NBA slam-dunking point guard Mugsy Bogues,  was 5’-3”

-World renowned, rock star Prince was 5’-2”

And in the everyday, there are little differences that give us a lift. A dollop of peanut butter in oatmeal. An extended, open-palmed gesture, pointing the way.  A hint of lemon verbena.

“No act of kindness,

no matter how small,

is ever wasted.” 

– Aesop (Lion and the Mouse)

Be it a smile. A wagging tail on a small dog. A wink.

Here’s to making a difference, no matter how diminutive. Disregard any delay to it dawning.

And thanks for reading all the way down here.