June 2, 2019

Enough


Doing Enough


Ours is not the task of fixing the entire world all at once,

but of stretching out to mend the part of the world that is within our reach. 

Any small, calm thing that one soul can do to help another soul, to assist some portion of this world,

will help immensely.  It is not given to us to know which acts or by whom

will cause the critical mass to tip toward an enduring good.

What is needed for dramatic change is an accumulation of acts —

adding, adding to, adding more, continuing.

We know that it does not take “everyone on Earth”

to bring justice and peace,

but only a small, determined group who will not give up during the first, second, or hundredth gale. 



—Clarissa Pinkola Estes