'Tis a Small Thing? by Ember

Querci, I was thinking about your posts about service to others and I had this simple, but somewhat complicated to explain, idea.  I'm sure it would be a lot better if it had some of your pictures in it.  Anyway. . .

Sometimes when we do a favor for somebody else, what we do may seem like a small thing to us, however, to the person we do it for it may seem like a BIG favor.  And sometimes when somebody asks us a favor it may seem like a small thing to them, but because of our own unique circumstances, qualities and talents it may seem like a BIG favor to us.  If the matter is important, and we are nice, we may do it anyway, but it was a BIG favor in our eyes. 

Wouldn't it be nice if we could always use our talents to easily do BIG favors for others?  That would be so rewarding.  It's a win win situation.  I do something that I don't mind doing, and it is really helpful to you; maybe even something that you are not able to do because of your own circumstances, qualities, or talents.  Serve others with your talents and you'll really cut down on the amount of "work" service you are doing.

It would also be good to be mindful of the talents and sometimes unknown circumstances of others and not judge someone when they tell you that they do not want to , or can't do, the small favor that you are asking them.  We could say, "How rude!  I'm asking such a small thing and she won't do it for me.  I thought we were friends.  She is so lazy!"  But maybe that is not right.  Your small favor might be a BIG favor to your friend.  .  .  or maybe your friend really is just a jerk.