"When one door of happiness closes, another opens; But often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us."
---Helen Keller
Today I helped a friend move to a new living space. It's such a monumental undertaking that while my contribution to the effort was not very big, I think I provided some needed moral support.
What I'm finding with a lot of the community service work that I'm doing is that it's not necessarily the size of the project or the amount of work that you do that makes the biggest difference but rather the way your effort is perceived. Sometimes just helping a little bit is perceived by the person on the receiving end to be a big deal, or a big favor, or a big help. Other times you might put in a lot of effort and it may unfortunately almost go unnoticed (this is much more likely when the organizers are part of a very big organization and they just have no idea what each volunteer is doing).
Transitions in life -- be it a new job, new house or apartment, new spouse or anything else --
are hard. Having a trusted friend nearby at a time of change means more than you might imagine to the person doing the changing. I tried to be that friend today.
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