Recently I was in Middleton Library at LSU doing some research and took a bathroom break.  While on break, I discovered on the wall what many would refer to as graffiti, some would describe as vandalism and still others would see as art.  I saw it as a prophetic reminder.   There on the wall,  someone had written in small letters the phrase,  “DONT FORGET HOW Beautiful THE WORLD IS.”  Someone elso had apparently come along and added the word “ever” which caused the phrase to now read “DONT ever FORGET HOW Beautiful THE WORLD IS.” 

In this age of cynicism and sarcasm, this simple reminder to pay attention to the beauty in the world, the goodness in creation and the acts of kindness and generosity that so often go unnoticed caused me to wonder how such profound truth could be captured in such small letters.  

C. S. Lewis wrote, “Miracles are a retelling in small letters of the very same story which is written across the whole world in letters too large for some of us to see.”  

Maybe the real miracle was that I was paying attention and even noticed. 

Pay attention to the small letters.  They often reveal the deepest truth and regularly tell the real story.