There is an elderly man who davens in YU and he usually sits near me on shabbos. This week he sat two seats away from me. He's a quiet guy who comes and goes with little fanfare. I'd assume most people around YU would recognize him but few probably know his name. Anyway, this man has trouble getting his tallis to stay on his shoulder and when it falls down he has trouble putting it back up. There is usually someone nearby who steps over and helps him with his talis and being that I was right next to him today I took the liberty to lend a helping hand.
I don't even think that this was such a big deal. Here I am seeing someone who is having a little bit of trouble doing something and I was in the perfect situation to help with very little effort. I would like to think that most people would have done the same. Those little things that we can do for other people can really make a tremendous impact.
It happens to be that I had just read about "Attending to the Little Things" in The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. Stephen Covey discusses the little things in his introduction to Interdependence as one of the six deposits that build the Emotional Bank Account. "In relationship, the little things are the big things."
Of course the book is talking about relationships with people that we know, but the same is true about the relationships we have with people that we don't really know. Usually we aren't necessarily concerned with our relationships with those people, but there is no reason not to be. The impression we make on them contributes greatly to the kiddush shem shamayim we can create in this world.
Try to keep an eye out for those little things that go on around you everyday. Look for the possibilities. Hold the door open for someone, say hello to the security guards,... If you care to look for them then you will see they are everywhere.
I don't even think that this was such a big deal. Here I am seeing someone who is having a little bit of trouble doing something and I was in the perfect situation to help with very little effort. I would like to think that most people would have done the same. Those little things that we can do for other people can really make a tremendous impact.
It happens to be that I had just read about "Attending to the Little Things" in The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. Stephen Covey discusses the little things in his introduction to Interdependence as one of the six deposits that build the Emotional Bank Account. "In relationship, the little things are the big things."
Of course the book is talking about relationships with people that we know, but the same is true about the relationships we have with people that we don't really know. Usually we aren't necessarily concerned with our relationships with those people, but there is no reason not to be. The impression we make on them contributes greatly to the kiddush shem shamayim we can create in this world.
Try to keep an eye out for those little things that go on around you everyday. Look for the possibilities. Hold the door open for someone, say hello to the security guards,... If you care to look for them then you will see they are everywhere.
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