“It belittles us to think of our daily tasks as small things, and if
we continue to do so, it will in time make us small. It will
narrow our horizon and make of our work just drudgery. There
are so many little things that are really very great, and when
we learn to look beyond the insignificant-appearing acts
themselves to their far-reaching consequences, we will
‘despise not the day of small things.’
We will feel
an added dignity and poise from the fact that our everyday
round of duties is as important as any other part of the world.
And just as a little thread of gold, running through a fabric,
brightens the whole garment, so women’s work at home,
while only the doing of little things, is like the golden gleam of
sunlight that runs through and brightens all the fabric of
civilization.”
Laura Ingalls Wilder
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