I'm aware that my "Friday Thoughts" have been a bit on the bummer side these past few months. And for obvious reasons. Recent events have certainly cast a shadow over the day-to-day, and I know many of you can relate. Shadows take many shapes and sizes.
This picture, though, made me laugh. All because someone went "above and beyond." And that convicted me a bit. The amount of effort this made put into the photos isn't much. But it was intentional. And because it was intentional and because it didn't take huge efforts (which often derails our motivation), he got it done—rather easily.
And now, he is being spread across the internet, shared on a Friday Thoughts post, and remembered every week when his neighbor takes out the trash because he, rather simply, went above and beyond.
Where can we do the same in the next few days or weeks? Where can we go "above and beyond" on something so mundane as bringing the trash out that it brings a smile to someone's face?
Where can we give a little extra in our day to make someone else's?
That's what I've been thinking about this week.