“Several years ago, I invited a Buddhist monk to speak to my
senior elective class, and quite interestingly, as he entered the room, he didn’t
say a word. (That caught everyone’s attention.) He just walked to the board and
wrote this: ‘EVERYONE WANTS TO SAVE THE WORLD BUT NO ONE WANTS TO HELP MOM DO
THE DISHES.’ We all laughed. But then he went on to say, ‘Statistically, it’s
highly unlikely that any of you will ever have the opportunity to run into a
burning orphanage and save an infant. But, in the smallest gesture of kindness –
a warm smile, holding the door for the person behind you, shoveling the
driveway of the elderly person next door – you have committed an act of immeasurable
profundity, because to each of us, our life is our universe.’ This is my hope
for you for the new year – that by your smallest acts of kindness, you will
save another’s world.” – John Perricone
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