I had a friend call me about a break-up this week. He was devastated, naturally, and asked how he should move forward with all of his sadness and grief. "Just keep doing the next right thing," I told him--words that were shared with me during a hard season. Or as C.S. Lewis puts it, "What saves man is to take one step, then another."
There seems to be a resounding need for smaller steps, not bigger ones, as we take on the enormity of our (and the world's) pain. It's a theme echoed by many wise voices. Anne Lamott writes "We are going to save the world by repeatedly busting the dread that looms over us like a blimp, by pushing back our sleeves and distracting it with the next right thing and good works."
So, what might the next right thing look like for you today? What good works are yours to offer?