It's Okay Now

I’m not sure about you, but I tend to think on scales.  Go big or go home, right?  If you’re going to do something, make it memorable. If you’re organizing an event, make it as big as possible.  If you’re writing a card, make them cry. If you’re going to change something, change the world. Right?  Or not?

What if true significance is so much less (and actually much, much more) than that?

How do we know if what we are doing is significant?

This question has been one that I have labored over for years and years.  In fact, if you were to ask me how I would know if my life was significant, my answer would have something to do with something big and possibly flashy.

Maybe I was dead wrong.

Significance isn’t usually made in the flashy moments or the romantic moments.  Significance of life is birthed the minute your life was significant to another person’s life.  Arnita Taylor said that a couple months ago, and I haven’t been able to shake it.

My life was changed by…

• The person who listened to me when I lost my job.
• The person who told me what was True when I was afraid of everything.
• The person who opened their home to me when I had nowhere to live.
• The person (people) who spoke the right thing to me at the precise time I needed to hear it.

Those lives have been more significant to me than I could ever express.  Their contributions and love for me in my lowest moments… no one may never touch that place.  They may not be writing bestsellers, speaking to thousands, running corporations or countries, but in my life they have born more significance than any bestselling author will ever dream to.

Like Arnita said, if you’ve had one significant moment than your life has significance.Tweet