I couldn’t help but smile. This lovely hooded merganser captured my attention…so charming and delightful. And I realized he was simply being his ordinary self, diving for food as he paddled downstream.
But in his ordinary, he affected me. My mood lifted, my spirits rose, and my human concerns dissolved as my eyes merrily followed him down river.
And I had a thought. Maybe in our ordinary, we also make a difference. A smile, a wave, a kind word, a simple courtesy…perhaps more impactful than we know.
As I continued wandering, I realized that this little duck would never know how he contributed to me that morning. I won’t soon forget him.
And how grateful I am…
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