We are not to wait for opportunities to do great things – not to keep watching for some splendid thing which by its conspicuous importance may win for us the applause of men – but are to do always, moment by moment, the thing that comes to our hand. It may be to speak a cheering word to one who is disheartened, to join in a child’s play, to mend a broken toy, to send a few flowers made more fragrant by your love into a sick room, or to write a letter of condolence or sympathy. It is the thing, small or great, which our hand finds at the moment to do.
This reading was taken from Week-Day Religion