I Make a Difference

I've found out while on this mission that everyone makes a difference.  Be it positive or negative, our actions make a difference in how people see things or how they see you.

Take this bunch of weeds.  This plant/flower bed needs someone, anyone to take some time to remove these weeds.  My friends who are part of the "grounds sisters" group and I took 2+ days to remove the weeds that were in the beds in front of the Family Living Center.

I didn't work in this area very long and already there is a difference.  There is now a well defined line of where the lawn begins and the flower beds end.  That is kind of like our lives.  We need well defined lines of where goodness ends and evil begins.  Think of the weeds as if they are all the things in our lives that are not good.  If we are not vigilant, the weeds of life will invade and choke out the goodness.

In the end I had many baskets full of weeds like this one.  The other sisters did as well.  Sometimes we need other people in our lives to point out the things we need to "weed out" in our lives.  We each have bad habits that we need to change.  If we could have a visual like my weedy flower beds and baskets of weeds, we might find it easier to rid ourselves of the unwanted things in our lives.

As people walk through the areas where we are weeding, they make comments about how lovely the flower beds look and what good work we are doing.  I found out that I make a difference!