The Simple Things I do

Sometimes our life is not as exciting as what we would like to be. It’s not like a roller coaster that will turn you upside down 360 degrees, and swing you at 100 miles/hour speed. It’s not a kind of ride that will give a sense of thrill at one time and a sense of pure enjoyment and excitement at the next second.



Most of the time our life is just like a train going forward with a steady speed. In Indonesia the average train speed is 80 km/hour or 50 mile/hour. When everything is going well, you can predict what time you will arrive at the next train stop or next town.



It is very easy for us to just rolling through the life routine as usual. Dwelling in our own comfort zone, wishing we could be someone who can impact the world as Mother Teresa or Oprah Winfrey, but we do not know what kind of action that we could do, nor available time and resources.



Most of my jobs deal with doing simple things for others, such as calling service person to fix not – so cold air conditioner or refrigerator, calling engineering guy to fix broken intercom or leakage at their toilet, asking replacement for broken sofa, etc.



Sometimes I am asking myself, does it worth doing these kind of things? I did not feed homeless children or teach lessons to street kids or entertain senior citizens. Is this really important or am I only wasting my precious time?



Then one thought flashes to my mind. These simple things actually mean a lot to the person who ask my help. Most of my customers are professional workers. Some of them hold high position in their company and even own the business. Their immediate environment include their family, director, employees, suppliers and their potential clients. They will not be able to rest well if the room is hot. They will not be able to have a good home-cooked meal without refrigerator. Or they may become get irritated or cranky over these minor disturbance.



As a consequence these small problems may stir their emotion and disturb their ability to make the right decision. At the end, it will also affect their immediate environment...employees get scolded, can not focus during weekly briefing, can not enjoy good rest at home..



Maybe I’m only exaggerating or just trying to get the real meaning of my life. Well, the above thinking has comforted me in my distress time. And the Spirit inside me says,” Whatever you do, do it your best as it for God.” So, it’s not my task to compare myself with others. I believe the little things I do will help others. And recently He gave me more simple tasks to do. He connected me with people that are willing to share their life with me and allow me to share my advise to them and even pray for them.

I know my simple things with God could be significant to others... moreover, My Father knows what is done in secret.

I will make the most of my ride in my passenger train. This is my only journey and along the ride there is a good chance for me to meet new people, enjoy beautiful scenery that I missed most of the time and be grateful of what He has brought me so far.