God, and the devil, both in the details. In so many ways, it's the small things that matter. Actually, the small things are very large things and can mean the difference between life and death. Like a little bit od poison, a small thing, consistently applied, can go a far way to undermining the value of the big ideas we want to live by. In just the same way, a small thing, consistenly applied, can go a far way to adding value and energy to a big idea.
So it is in our lives as parents of kids with special needs. It only takes Johnny refusing to wear his pullups all day everyday to radically change a parent's treatment philosophy about autism. It only takes a messy home everyday to create painful arguments between family members. It only takes a week of sleep deprivation to alter relationships between parents and their children.
It only takes a moment of listening, of stopping, of loving, of being with someonhe who is on the brink of the verge of despair to help them NOT to take the plunge. It all happens in the every day moments.
How can you bring the sacred into someone's moment today?
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