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Possibilities in a Busy Woman’s Life

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Oct 7, 1915

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 92, No. 49.

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Possibilities in a Busy Woman’s Life

WE often limit the possibilities of our lives in the belief that we have no time, money, or influence; but seemingly little things, which sometimes clear the air like an electric fan, are well worth while. A few of these “trifles” which we have noticed in the daily life of a busy woman we pass on, that they may prove helpful to others as they have to us. They are not new or remarkable, they do not need a bank account, an extra day, or a host of influential friends; but they are sermons without words:—
She had a nickel ready with which to pay the fare when she entered a crowded trolley.
On her way she picked a few flowers and left them at the door for a member of her Sabbath school class who had no garden.
She greeted her family at breakfast with a glad, “Good morning.”
She answered courteously the trying agent at her door, even if she did not care for his wares.
She lent the helpful book she had finished reading, with the expressed wish that it might help her friend also.
The sermon was an inspiration to her last Sabbath. She told her pastor of it, and her neighbor about it.
She invited to her home the stranger who had recently left home and come into her neighborhood.
She had a dainty and tasty dessert; she sent a little of it to an invalid.
She mailed the weekly religious paper to a lonely woman on a farm, first giving it a personal touch by marking certain articles.
She had a friend starting on a long journey, and she did not forget to send a steamer letter.
Her birthday book presented frequent opportunities for service.
A caller, criticizing adversely an acquaintance, was always met tactfully with a good point she had noticed.
She never failed to tell her friends the good words she had heard about them.
She planned a special dish as a surprise for any member of the family who was discouraged or overworked.
She was never so strenuous a housekeeper that she had no time to be a home maker.
Was she not indeed a follower of Him who “went about doing good”?— Selected.