“...how gracious seem the small gifts that may come - a patch of sunlight on a cold floor, an unexpected gesture of friendship, the fragrant steam of hot tea.”
“Be gracious in your giving for as long as you're living. The blessings will come back on an unexpected day, and present themselves in an unexpected way.”
“With melted snow I boil fragrant tea.”
“Outside, the September air was enticingly fragrant, yellow with pollen and rich, lemony sunlight.”
“For it matters not how small the beginning may seem to be: what is once done well is done forever.”
“A crisscross of light and shadow began to form on the pavement in front of him, and it was a beautiful thing to behold, he felt, a small, unexpected gift on the heels of such sadness and pain.”