All Things Big Come From Small

On his way home From helping the hungry little girl, Gonyaul’s thoughts drifted back to what Voah had said about how kindness and a smile weren’t going to stop evil. His paced slowed as he contemplated her claim.

Yes, kindness may be a small thing. It may seem foolish and weak when in the presence of all the mighty skills that are praised for being aggressively victorious. But small things add up to big things, it is not the other way around. Perhaps the reason there were so many big problems in the world was because no one thought to care about the little things? Like kindness and a smile to your fellow man.

He paused and looked up at the expansive sky. He pretended he could see beyond what he could see, stretching his imagination. He looked and looked as if hoping to see the answers fall down like rain. After a short while he spoke out loud to no one but himself, “I care about little things, because little things always become big things, in time.”

Thinking on this matter made him miss Islana and Alexis. They might not agree with his approach in all circumstances, but they didn’t devalue them either. It made him wonder if Voah was speaking from inebriation or if she genuinely thought he was a fool. Was he a fool to believe the best in people?

Gonyaul climbed a small mound of a ruined structure and faced the east, where he assumed his ‘chosen family’ still were. He than sang a Vauxian song in their honor and memory into the winds.