Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Gandhi Again

I looked at that quote again this morning, and suddenly inspiration struck.  I think what he meant was that when we are faced with a monumental task and we know that our efforts are tiny, we must still continue to contribute those efforts anyway.  That is what the quote means.  It's sort of a little and often fills the purse sentiment.  We must not be daunted by the size of the undertaking before us or assume that what we do doesn't account for anything just because we cannot accomplish the whole task ourselves or won't see the whole thing done in our lifetime.  If we don't add our portion, the job will never be done.  This, this, this, I can live with.  This feels like something he would have said, would have believed in.  The man who preached "[y]ou must be the change that you wish to see in the world" would never have told people to give up because nothing they do matters.  Clarity at last.  Or, well, at least this is what I'm going with.

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