"Is it not a little one?"
Argued Lot that day.
And thus we've learned to argue
For this is what we say.
"I don't do this and I don't do that
This is my only vice.
Why do you deny me this little thing
You must agree I'm nice."
And thus we excuse bad behavior,
For it is such a little thing
And when we try to change me
Only hurt and pain it will bring.
Now couples ruin a relationship
When they use this argument.
Many a midnight hour is wasted
And energy is fully spent,
For if it is just a "little thing"
And I ask someone to do it,
If they truly loved me much
They would hop right to it.
Now the other person reasons
This little thing you mention
If you really truly loved me
It would not cause dissension.
For you would do it yourself!
For you said that it was small.
And if you really loved me
You wouldn't mention it at all.
So the little thing we agree on
For all can see that it is tiny
Yet we will argue through the night
'till the sun comes up all shiny.
For it is just the smallness
Of the little task
That we conspire to use
For this is all we ask
Now no matter how small the request
When we factor the other's love
The little, tiny, minute item
Is larger than the sky above.
For the truth is that what we believe
Determines the size of the thing
And when we add to our request
This "proof of love" we bring.
We set up the opportunity for
A brutal fight to start
And it won't be very long before
We are very far apart.
So stop seeking to find proof
Of the other's love for you,
And seek to show your own true love
By the little things you do.
For the little things do matter
And we really want to please you
But not to prove our love for you
(For that would only tease you)
You see, Love wants to act
And act it surly will
(Now never make a mountain
Out of a mole hill)
But take the action in a loving way
Not thinking, "They don't care!"
But make your reaction not their action
A point of constant prayer.
ghvs June 5, 1996
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