Power of Small Things

The Power of Small Things
By Larry d. Wright

During the Civil War or as we in the South call it; the War of Northern Aggression, a courier on horseback was given an urgent message and told to deliver it to a general engaged in a decisive battle. The story has it that the courier never made the delivery because his horse threw a shoe. Sometime later a person penned the following words:

“For want of a nail, a shoe was lost.
For want of a shoe, a horse was lost.
For want of a horse, a rider was lost.
For want of a rider, a message was lost.
For want of a message, a plan was lost.
For want of a plan, a battle was lost.
For want of a battle, a war was lost.”

Oh, the power of small things!