A Small Act. A single gesture. Limitless possibilities

Yesterday evening, my new friend/acquaintance/mother of one of my son's friends, the artist Anat Ratzabi took me to a Connecting Women-meeting .

It was a truly enjoyable evening,with the focus on a documentary we watched together: A Small Act. A single gesture. Limitless possibilities.
This film shows us how the destinity of a poverty-stricken Kenyan boy changed through the donations of a Swedish woman. She put him through school and high school and education changed his life. Now a grown-up man, he is giving something back. He has created a foundation, named after his benefactor, in order to help poor Kenyan children receive an education.

This moving story shows us that small gestures do count, do help, do make a difference. This story is also a compelling case for doing something for others, for reaching out, for keeping an open mind and for thinking of what we can give others rather than of what we can take.

Since yesterday evening I have not, I am sorry to say, made a major contribution to the world becoming a better place. I have, however, spent a little less on my groceries so that I could give money to the homeless guy on the corner selling a paper and to a girl collecting money for charity. Very small gestures, admittedly, but I hope to be able to make many more.