Its amazing to see how the small things you do without really thinking about can have a great impact on someone else, and make them happy. Its reallllly nice when you do something without even thinking about it and then see that it makes someones day. Alhamdulilah I've had a couple of these experiances in the past few days, and they made me smile.
Alot of times it is the small things that make you the happiest. Just getting a nice word from someone or recognition for something can brighten your day. Alot of times things that people do naturally without actually meaning to be "sweet" are the things you appreciate the most. The opposite is also true, alot of times we can feel hurt by others for the smallest of things.. things they might not even notice they are doing or that doing it could bother you.
Alot of times someone may ask something really simple of me, and its like "why bother, if I dont do it its not going to make a diffrence".. but the other day I realized it does. An example of this is my mom asking me to come sit with her for a while, usually I'll be like "ok mama, I'm coming" but not really go. She'll get busy with something and I'll forget about it soon after. This time she added "it'll make me happy if you do" at the end. I figured that I'm not really doing anything, and even if I am my mom has more rights on me than myself, so I made coffee and went and sat with her. The smile on her face was priceless.
Seeing the past few days that I could bring a smile to my mom and others faces almost effortlessly (is that a word?) reminded me of the hadith of the prophet SAWS "Laa tahtakirana min al ma'roofi shay'a, do not look down on any act of goodness". Just because something seems small to us, doesnt mean that it dont mean the world to someone else...
