A Pebble in The Water

Drop a pebble in the water: just a splash, and it is gone; But there's half-a-hundred ripples Circling on and on and on, Spreading, spreading from the center, flowing on out to the sea. And there is no way of telling where the end is going to be. Drop a pebble in the water: in a minute you forget, But there's little waves a-flowing, and there's ripples circling yet, And those little waves a-flowing to a great big wave have grown; You've disturbed a mighty river just by dropping in a stone. Drop a word of cheer and kindness: just a flash and it is gone; But there's half-a-hundred ripples circling on and on and on, Bearing hope and joy and comfort on each splashing, dashing wave Till you wouldn't believe the volume of the one kind word you gave. Drop a word of cheer and kindness: in a minute you forget;  But there's gladness still a-swelling,     and there's joy circling yet,      And you've rolled a wave of comfort         whose sweet music can be heard          Over miles and miles of water              just by dropping one kind word.               ~By James W. Foley~ Maryann was that pebble dropped into the water of our lives. The rings in the water touched our lives and we are forever changed and never the same.