Every action of our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity.

Small acts do not stay small. A remark made without thinking gets carried by someone for years; a kindness you have forgotten shows up in how a person treats their own children. Whether you understand that continuation as eternity in a religious sense or simply as consequences travelling further than you can follow, the practical situation is identical. Nothing you do lands only where you can see it.

That is worth holding lightly rather than anxiously, since a life audited for cosmic significance becomes unliveable. Just take the ordinary exchanges more seriously than their size suggests, particularly the ones with people who cannot do anything for you.