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
