St. Therese of Liseux, I recall, once said that "a single act of pure love is worth more than all other works put together."
Last Saturday afternoon, our little Hajime was engaged in a project she didn’t want us to see while she was doing it. After about an hour, she came to me, offered me a little gift, wrapped firmly with paper and tape with a matching card which read (in her own script), “Thank you Daddy for your hard work”.
She had actually prepared small gifts and cards for all the adults in our household (3)! When I asked her what the special occasion was for this gesture, she simply answered, “I just want to do it.”
Awesome … here you find our five-year-old daughter, investing an hour of her Saturday afternoon doing an act of pure love in the form of preparing something special and expressing what she feels in a small card for her beloved daddy and mommy - all that for the sheer joy of expressing gratitude and love. Words are not enough to describe the beauty of such an act, right? These things indeed are the "little nothings" which make life worth it. I cherish and relish it!
