When Will We Ever Be Enough? The Endless Sermon of Spiritual Inadequacy

 

When Will We Ever Be Enough?

The Endless Sermon of Spiritual Inadequacy

By Bill Conley

For more than sixty years, I have sat in church pews. I have attended churches of different sizes, different styles, and different denominations. For the past forty years, much of that time has been spent in non-denominational churches. I have listened to hundreds, perhaps thousands, of sermons.

Over those decades, I began noticing a pattern.

At first, it was subtle. Then it became impossible to ignore.

Week after week, month after month, year after year, I heard essentially the same message dressed up in different clothing.

You need more faith.

You need to trust God more.

You need to pray more.

You need to read your Bible more.

You need to serve more.

You need to give more.

You need to sacrifice more.

You need to witness more.

You need to commit more.

You need to surrender more.

You need to become more.

And hidden beneath all of those messages was a far more powerful message that often went unspoken:

You are not enough.

No matter how much you have grown, it is not enough.

No matter how much you have sacrificed, it is not enough.

No matter how much you have given, it is not enough.

No matter how much faith you have developed, it is not enough.

No matter how much you have changed your life, it is not enough.

The target continually moves.

The finish line continually shifts.

The believer is left chasing a spiritual standard that often feels impossible to reach.

Eventually, I found myself asking a simple question.

When do we get to be enough?

When does the average Christian get to sit in a church service and hear a pastor say:

"You are loved."

"You are accepted."

"You are forgiven."

"You are enough."

"God is not disappointed in you."

"God is not waiting for you to become someone else before He loves you."

"God's grace is sufficient."

For many churchgoers, especially those who have spent decades faithfully attending services, the constant message of improvement can become exhausting.

Life itself already tells us we are not enough.

Employers tell us we need to do better.

Advertisers tell us we need to look better.

Social media tells us we need to be more successful.

Society tells us we need to achieve more.

Parents tell children to do better.

Schools tell students to do better.

The world constantly whispers that we are falling short.

Must the church join the chorus?

The irony is that Christianity was founded upon one of the most liberating messages ever delivered to humanity.

Grace.

Not perfection.

Not performance.

Not achievement.

Grace.

The central message of the Gospel is not that mankind can earn God's approval through extraordinary effort.

The central message is that mankind could never earn God's approval, which is precisely why grace was necessary.

Yet somewhere along the way, many churches appear to have transformed grace into another performance system.

The language may sound different, but the emotional impact often feels remarkably similar.

Work harder.

Believe harder.

Serve harder.

Give harder.

Try harder.

Be better.

Do more.

The result is that many sincere Christians walk away from church services feeling inspired for a few moments, but burdened for the rest of the week.

They leave believing that God is perpetually dissatisfied with them.

They leave believing they are underperforming spiritually.

They leave believing they are falling short.

They leave believing they should somehow be more than they are.

This article is not an argument against spiritual growth.

Growth is good.

Learning is good.

Serving is good.

Generosity is good.

Faith is good.

The question is whether pastors have unintentionally created a culture where believers never arrive at a place of peace.

A culture where people are constantly reminded of their deficiencies but rarely reminded of their worth.

A culture where striving has replaced resting.

A culture where performance has overshadowed grace.

A culture where many good people quietly wonder if they will ever measure up.

Perhaps it is time to ask a difficult question.

If the Gospel is truly good news, why do so many believers leave church feeling inadequate?

And if salvation is truly by grace, why do so many sermons leave people feeling as though they are still trying to earn what God has already freely given?

Those questions deserve an honest conversation.

When Will We Ever Be Enough?

The Endless Sermon of Spiritual Inadequacy

Part 2: The Heart of the Problem

The issue is not that pastors are evil.

The issue is not that churches are intentionally trying to hurt people.

In fact, most pastors genuinely care about their congregations. Most sincerely want people to grow spiritually, strengthen their faith, improve their marriages, become better parents, and develop a deeper relationship with God.

Their intentions are often noble.

The problem lies in the unintended consequence of the message.

When virtually every sermon focuses on improvement, correction, deficiency, weakness, failure, or spiritual growth, people can begin to internalize a dangerous conclusion:

"I am not enough as I am."

For many believers, this conclusion develops slowly over years and decades.

It becomes part of their spiritual identity.

They begin living with a subtle feeling that God is perpetually disappointed in them.

They may never say it aloud.

They may never consciously think it.

Yet it lingers beneath the surface.

No matter what they accomplish spiritually, there is always another mountain to climb.

Read the Bible more.

Pray more.

Give more.

Serve more.

Volunteer more.

Attend more studies.

Bring more people to church.

Trust God more.

Have more faith.

Share your testimony more.

Sacrifice more.

The list never ends.

For some people, church begins to resemble a spiritual treadmill.

You are constantly moving, constantly sweating, constantly striving, but never arriving.

No matter how far you run, the scenery never changes.

You remain in the same place emotionally.

Still trying.

Still striving.

Still wondering if God is pleased with you.

Still wondering if you measure up.

The tragic reality is that many Christians who have faithfully attended church for thirty, forty, or fifty years carry an enormous burden of spiritual inadequacy.

They have raised families.

They have served their communities.

They have donated generously.

They have volunteered countless hours.

They have remained faithful through hardship.

Yet many still feel they are somehow falling short.

How did that happen?

Part of the answer lies in the way many sermons are constructed.

A common sermon formula looks something like this:

First, identify a problem.

Second, show how people are failing.

Third, provide a challenge to improve.

Fourth, send everyone home with action items.

Repeat next week.

Then repeat again.

And again.

And again.

Year after year.

The challenge is that there is very little room in this formula for celebration.

Very little room for affirmation.

Very little room for simply acknowledging that many people in the congregation are doing remarkably well despite difficult circumstances.

Consider the average church attendee.

Many are working full time.

Many are raising children.

Many are caring for aging parents.

Many are battling health issues.

Many are struggling financially.

Many are carrying emotional wounds nobody knows about.

Many are simply trying to survive another week.

Then Sunday arrives.

They walk into the church hoping for encouragement.

Hoping for peace.

Hoping for hope.

Hoping to be reminded that God loves them.

Instead, they are often handed another list of things they should be doing better.

Another reminder of where they fall short.

Another challenge to increase their effort.

Another reason to feel inadequate.

Eventually, some people become exhausted.

Not physically.

Spiritually.

Emotionally.

Mentally.

The constant message that improvement is required can create a subtle form of spiritual anxiety.

People begin measuring themselves against impossible standards.

They compare their prayer life to others.

Their Bible knowledge is shared with others.

Their faith in others.

Their service to others.

They're giving to others.

Their commitment to others.

Comparison becomes the measuring stick.

And comparison almost always produces discouragement.

There is another problem that rarely gets discussed.

The human brain naturally remembers criticism more strongly than praise.

Psychologists call this negativity bias.

A congregation may hear a pastor say ten positive things.

But if he spends twenty minutes talking about what people are not doing correctly, that is often what they remember.

That becomes the emotional takeaway.

The result is a church culture where people begin seeing themselves primarily through the lens of deficiency.

Not enough faith.

Not enough prayer.

Not enough trust.

Not enough commitment.

Not enough sacrifice.

Not enough obedience.

Not enough.

Not enough.

Not enough.

Yet when many people read the Gospels, they encounter a very different Jesus.

Jesus certainly challenged people.

He called people to repentance.

He called people to growth.

But He also comforted.

He healed.

He encouraged.

He restored.

He forgave.

He welcomed.

He lifted burdens.

People who encountered Jesus often left feeling lighter, not heavier.

Freer, not more trapped.

Hopeful, not condemned.

That distinction matters.

A great church should inspire growth without creating shame.

A great pastor should encourage transformation without fostering inadequacy.

A great sermon should challenge while simultaneously reminding people of their value.

People need to know they can improve.

But they also need to know they are loved right now.

Not someday.

Not after they become better.

Not after they become more spiritual.

Not after they finally get everything together.

Right now.

As they are.

With all their flaws.

With all their imperfections.

With all their struggles.

Perhaps the most overlooked truth in modern Christianity is this:

Growth and acceptance are not opposites.

A person can strive to become better while simultaneously believing they are already loved.

A person can seek growth while knowing they are already accepted.

A person can improve without believing they are broken.

A person can mature spiritually without believing they are inadequate.

That distinction changes everything.

Because when people believe they are fundamentally loved, growth becomes joyful.

When people believe they are fundamentally inadequate, growth becomes exhausting.

One leads to freedom.

The other leads to perpetual striving.

And after decades of listening to sermons, I cannot help but wonder how many Christians are desperately waiting to hear a message that sounds something like this:

Take a breath.

Rest.

God loves you.

You do not have to earn His affection.

You do not have to prove your worth.

You do not have to perform for His approval.

You are already loved.

You are already accepted.

You are already covered by grace.

And while there is always room to grow, your value was never dependent upon your performance in the first place.

Perhaps the Church Needs to Hear This Too

After a lifetime of sitting in church pews, listening to sermons, attending Bible studies, serving, giving, volunteering, praying, and trying to live a faithful life, I find myself returning to one simple question:

When will we ever be enough?

Not perfect.

Not sinless.

Not spiritually complete.

Simply enough.

For many Christians, the answer never seems to come.

Instead, another Sunday arrives.

Another sermon begins.

Another challenge is presented.

Another area of weakness is identified.

Another opportunity for improvement is highlighted.

Another reminder that we should be doing more.

And so the cycle continues.

The believer leaves with a notebook full of things to work on and a heart that feels just a little heavier than when they arrived.

What troubles me most is not that churches encourage growth.

Growth is essential.

A healthy marriage grows.

A healthy family grows.

A healthy business grows.

A healthy faith grows.

The issue is not growth.

The issue is the constant implication that where we are right now is somehow unacceptable.

That we are perpetually falling short.

That we are always disappointing God.

That we are always behind.

That we are always lacking.

That we are never quite measuring up.

For many people, church has unintentionally become one more place where they are reminded of their inadequacies.

The world already does that.

Employers do that.

Social media does that.

Television does that.

Advertising does that.

The culture does that every single day.

People are constantly told they need to look better, earn more, achieve more, own more, accomplish more, and become more.

The church was supposed to be different.

The church was supposed to be the place where weary people could come and rest.

The place where broken people could find healing.

The place where discouraged people could find hope.

The place where imperfect people could find acceptance.

The place where ordinary people could be reminded that they are loved.

Not because of what they have done.

Not because of what they have accomplished.

Not because they have finally reached some spiritual benchmark.

But because they are children of God.

Somewhere along the way, many churches have become heavily focused on performance.

The language is spiritual, but the pressure feels remarkably familiar.

Try harder.

Do more.

Give more.

Believe more.

Commit more.

Sacrifice more.

Serve more.

Trust more.

Pray more.

Read more.

The result is that many sincere Christians spend decades chasing a finish line that keeps moving farther away.

No matter how much they grow, there is always another challenge.

No matter how much they give, there is always another appeal.

No matter how much they serve, there is always another opportunity.

No matter how much faith they demonstrate, they are told they need more.

Eventually, some believers begin to wonder whether they will ever arrive.

Whether they will ever hear from the pulpit:

"You are doing better than you think."

"God is pleased with your faithfulness."

"God sees your efforts."

"God knows your struggles."

"God understands your limitations."

"God is proud of the way you continue moving forward."

"You are enough."

Those words are surprisingly rare.

Yet they may be exactly what millions of Christians need to hear.

Many church members are carrying burdens nobody sees.

They are fighting private battles.

They are caring for aging parents.

They are grieving losses.

They are struggling financially.

They are managing health problems.

They are raising children.

They are trying to hold marriages together.

They are doing the best they can.

What if they need encouragement more than correction?

What if they need reassurance more than another challenge?

What if they need hope more than another assignment?

What if they need to hear that God's grace is not merely the starting point of the Christian life but the foundation of it from beginning to end?

The Apostle Paul wrote that we are saved by grace through faith.

Grace is not something we graduate from.

Grace is not something we outgrow.

Grace is not God's temporary solution until we become good enough.

Grace is the entire point.

If salvation ultimately depends on our performance, then none of us have any hope.

If salvation depends upon becoming perfect, none of us will ever arrive.

If salvation depends upon doing enough, the question becomes obvious:

How much is enough?

The beautiful answer of Christianity has always been that Jesus was enough.

Not us.

Him.

His grace.

His sacrifice.

His mercy.

His love.

That truth should bring relief.

It should bring peace.

It should bring rest.

Instead of constantly asking believers to focus on everything they lack, perhaps churches should spend more time reminding people what they already possess.

They possess God's love.

They possess God's forgiveness.

They possess God's grace.

They possess God's acceptance.

They possess immeasurable worth.

They possess value that has nothing to do with performance.

And perhaps the most important message many Christians need to hear today is not that they must do more.

Perhaps it is this:

Keep growing.

Keep learning.

Keep serving.

Keep loving.

But stop believing that God's love for you is waiting on the other side of your improvement.

Stop believing that your worth is tied to your performance.

Stop believing that you must become someone else before you can be accepted.

You are loved today.

You are accepted today.

You are covered by grace today.

And while there will always be room to grow, your value has never depended upon how much you accomplish.

Maybe that is the sermon millions of weary Christians have been waiting to hear.

Maybe it is time for the church to remember it as well.

 

The Forgotten Face Towel: Why Simple Water and Gentle Scrubbing May Be the Best Facial Cleansing Method You've Never Considered

The Forgotten Face Towel: Why Simple Water and Gentle Scrubbing May Be the Best Facial Cleansing Method You've Never Considered

Walk down the skin care aisle of any store, and you will find hundreds of products promising younger skin, cleaner pores, fewer wrinkles, reduced oil, improved hydration, and a healthier complexion. Cleansers, exfoliators, scrubs, toners, masks, serums, and creams line the shelves. Each promises to be the missing ingredient in your journey toward healthier skin.

Yet there is a simple tool sitting quietly in nearly every bathroom that receives very little attention. It is not expensive. It requires no prescription. It contains no chemicals. It has no fragrance. It comes with no lengthy list of ingredients.

It is a simple face towel.

For generations, people washed their faces with warm water and a clean cloth. Long before modern skin care products existed, people relied upon gentle mechanical cleansing to remove dirt, sweat, dead skin cells, oils, and environmental debris from the skin.

Today, many individuals unknowingly overclean their skin. They use harsh soaps, aggressive cleansers, alcohol based products, and chemical exfoliants. While these products certainly have their place, they can sometimes strip away the skin's natural protective oils, disrupt the skin barrier, cause irritation, and leave the skin working overtime to compensate.

The skin is not merely a covering. It is the body's largest organ. It constantly renews itself. Every day, millions of dead skin cells naturally accumulate on the surface. Sweat dries. Environmental particles settle. Natural oils collect around pores and hair follicles. These materials often accumulate in areas people routinely neglect, including behind the ears, inside the outer ear folds, along the neck, under the jawline, and around the scalp.

Many people wash their faces quickly with their hands and a cleanser, then rinse and move on. Few spend time thoroughly cleaning the contours of the face and neck with gentle friction. Fewer still pay attention to the skin behind their ears or around the outer structures of the ear.

If you were to take a clean, damp face towel and spend several minutes gently scrubbing your face, neck, behind your ears, around your ears, and across your scalp if you are bald or have thinning hair, you might be surprised by what appears on that towel. The dark residue is often a combination of dead skin cells, excess oils, sweat residue, environmental pollutants, and accumulated debris that ordinary rinsing may not completely remove.

The beauty of this approach lies in its simplicity. Instead of relying primarily on chemicals to dissolve oils and debris, the face towel provides gentle mechanical exfoliation. It physically lifts away unwanted surface material while leaving much of the skin's natural protective system intact.

The result is a cleaning method that costs almost nothing, can be performed daily, and may help many people achieve cleaner, smoother, healthier-looking skin without exposing it to unnecessary ingredients.

The Science Behind the Face Towel

To understand why this method can be effective, it helps to understand how skin naturally functions.

Your skin is constantly producing new cells. Fresh cells develop beneath the surface while older cells migrate upward. Eventually, these older cells die and remain temporarily on the outermost layer known as the stratum corneum.

These dead cells are not harmful. In fact, they play an important protective role. However, when too many accumulate, they can contribute to dull-looking skin, rough texture, clogged pores, and an uneven appearance.

Gentle friction from a damp face towel helps loosen and remove these excess surface cells.

Unlike harsh scrubs that use sharp particles, a soft washcloth provides controlled mechanical exfoliation. The fibers create mild friction that encourages the removal of dead skin without excessively damaging healthy tissue.

Another important factor is pore maintenance.

Contrary to popular belief, pores do not actually open and close. However, pores can become clogged with mixtures of oil, dead skin cells, sweat residue, and environmental contaminants.

When a warm, damp towel is applied to the face, the warmth softens surface oils and debris. Gentle scrubbing then helps remove material sitting around pore openings. This process can make pores appear cleaner and less noticeable.

The neck deserves special attention.

The skin of the neck contains oil glands, sweat glands, and constantly sheds dead cells. Yet many people spend far less time cleaning their neck than their face. The result is often an accumulation of oils, perspiration residue, sunscreen, and environmental pollutants.

Behind the ears is another commonly neglected area.

Throughout the day, sweat, skin oils, dust, hair products, and dead skin cells collect in the folds behind and around the ears. These areas are rarely exposed to direct washing and can accumulate surprising amounts of residue over time.

The outer ear itself also benefits from gentle cleaning. The folds and ridges naturally trap oils and skin debris. A damp face towel can safely clean these external structures without inserting anything deep into the ear canal.

For bald individuals or those with closely shaved heads, the scalp should not be overlooked.

The scalp continues producing oils and shedding dead skin cells regardless of hair coverage. Gentle towel scrubbing helps remove this buildup while stimulating circulation to the skin surface.

One of the most interesting benefits of this approach is that it avoids overstripping.

Many soaps work by dissolving oils. While this removes dirt, it can also remove beneficial oils that help maintain the skin barrier.

The skin barrier serves as a protective shield. It helps retain moisture and defend against environmental irritants. Excessive cleansing can sometimes disrupt this barrier, leading to dryness, irritation, redness, and increased sensitivity.

By relying primarily on water and gentle friction, many individuals can clean their skin effectively while preserving much of their natural oil balance.

There is also a circulation component.

The act of gently massaging the skin with a warm cloth temporarily increases blood flow near the surface. This enhanced circulation delivers oxygen and nutrients to skin tissues and often leaves the complexion looking refreshed and vibrant.

Perhaps most importantly, the face towel method encourages thoroughness.

When people use a towel and intentionally work around the face, jawline, neck, ears, and scalp, they spend more time cleaning areas that are often ignored. The effectiveness comes not only from the towel itself but from the attention given to every contour and fold of the skin.

In Conclusion

In a world overflowing with complicated skin care routines, expensive products, and endless promises, there is something refreshing about returning to simplicity.

The humble face towel may be one of the most overlooked tools in personal hygiene.

When combined with warm water and gentle technique, it provides effective mechanical cleansing and exfoliation. It helps remove dead skin cells, excess oils, sweat residue, environmental contaminants, and surface debris that accumulate throughout the day. It reaches areas often neglected, including the neck, behind the ears, around the outer ears, and across the scalp.

Many people are surprised the first time they perform a thorough towel cleansing. What appears on the cloth serves as a reminder that ordinary rinsing often leaves behind more residue than we realize.

The goal is not aggressive scrubbing. More force does not equal better results. Healthy skin responds best to consistency, gentleness, and proper care. A soft, clean towel and warm water can often accomplish far more than people expect.

This does not mean every cleanser is unnecessary. Individuals with specific skin conditions such as acne, eczema, rosacea, or medically diagnosed skin disorders may require specialized treatment. However, for many people seeking a simple, affordable daily routine, the face towel deserves serious consideration.

The true lesson is that healthy skin is often less about adding more products and more about supporting the body's natural processes.

Your skin already knows how to renew itself.

Your pores already know how to function.

Your body already possesses remarkable systems for protection and repair.

Sometimes all that is needed is a clean towel, warm water, a few minutes of gentle attention, and the willingness to revisit a method that generations before us understood very well.

The next time you stand in front of your bathroom mirror, try an experiment. Take a clean face towel, dampen it with warm water, place your fingers inside the cloth, and carefully work your way across your face, around your nose, beneath your jawline, across your neck, behind your ears, around the outer ear structures, and across your scalp if applicable.

Take your time.

Be thorough.

Then look at the towel.

You may discover that one of the most effective skin care tools has been hanging in your bathroom all along.

 

THE CALL YOU NEVER RETURNED: A Simple Courtesy That Is Slowly Disappearing

THE CALL YOU NEVER RETURNED

A Simple Courtesy That Is Slowly Disappearing

We live in a world that has never been more connected and yet, in many ways, never been more disconnected. We carry telephones in our pockets every hour of every day. We can text, email, video chat, and communicate instantly with people around the world. Yet one of the simplest acts of human courtesy seems to be disappearing right before our eyes.

Returning a phone call.

Recently, my brother reached out to my daughter. She was considering visiting a city where he lives, and I encouraged her to contact him because he knew the area and could help her. Before she even had the opportunity to call him, he sent her a message saying, "Give me a call. I'd be happy to help."

He extended his hand.

He offered his time.

He offered his knowledge.

He offered assistance.

And yet the phone never rang.

Days passed. Then weeks. The call was never returned.

This article is not about one person. It is not about one family member. It is not about placing blame. Instead, it is about something much larger that affects friendships, families, business relationships, and even our communities.

When someone reaches out to help you, call them back.

Not a text.

Not an emoji.

Not a thumbs up.

Pick up the telephone and call.

The person who called you invested something very valuable. They invested their time. They made themselves available. They offered their wisdom, experience, guidance, or assistance.

Failing to return that call sends a message, whether intended or not. It says your time is more valuable than theirs. It says their effort was unimportant. It says their willingness to help did not matter enough to deserve a few minutes of conversation.

Good manners are not old-fashioned.

Respect is not outdated.

Courtesy is not obsolete.

A returned phone call is not merely communication. It is appreciation. It is gratitude. It is an acknowledgment that another human being made an effort on your behalf.

Perhaps one of the simplest ways we can improve our relationships today is to do something that requires almost no effort at all.

Simply call people back.

The Lost Art of Returning a Phone Call

There was a time when returning calls was automatic. Parents taught their children that if someone called, you called them back. It did not matter whether the person was a family member, a neighbor, a friend, or a business associate. Returning calls was considered common courtesy.

Today, many people avoid calls entirely. Texting has replaced conversation. Convenience has replaced connection.

Yet there are certain situations where a phone call matters.

When someone is offering help.

When someone has the knowledge you need.

When someone is extending kindness.

When someone is family.

When someone is taking time out of their day for you.

In these situations, a phone call demonstrates respect.

Five Reasons You Should Call Them Back

1. They Invested Their Time

Time is the one thing none of us can replace. If someone reaches out to help you, they have given you something valuable. Returning the call acknowledges their effort.

2. Conversations Build Relationships

Text messages exchange information. Phone calls build relationships. Tone of voice, laughter, concern, and emotion cannot be fully communicated through text.

3. You May Learn Something Valuable

A five-minute conversation with someone who knows the area, the situation, or the problem may save you hours of frustration and confusion.

4. Gratitude Matters

When someone offers assistance, a phone call communicates appreciation. It says, "Thank you for taking the time to help me."

5. Someday You May Need Them Again

Relationships are built over years through small acts of respect. Returning calls keeps those relationships strong and healthy.

Five Reasons Not Calling Back Is Extremely Rude

1. It Ignores Someone's Effort

Someone made the effort to reach out. Ignoring them tells them their effort was meaningless.

2. It Shows a Lack of Appreciation

When someone offers help and receives silence, it can feel as though their kindness was taken for granted.

3. It Damages Relationships

Family relationships and friendships often weaken through repeated small disappointments rather than one major event.

4. It Sends the Wrong Message

Silence often communicates indifference, even when that may not be the intention.

5. It Reflects Poor Character

Courtesy, respect, gratitude, and responsibility are character traits. Returning calls demonstrates those qualities.

Perhaps one of the saddest developments in modern society is not the rise of technology but the decline of simple courtesy. We have become so connected electronically that we have forgotten how important human connection truly is.

When someone calls you to help you, call them back.

When a family member reaches out, call them back.

When a friend offers assistance, call them back.

When someone gives you their time, call them back.

It does not take an hour. It may only take five minutes. Yet those few minutes communicate something powerful.

They communicate respect.

They communicate gratitude.

They communicate appreciation.

Most importantly, they communicate that the person on the other end of the phone matters.

One day, we may discover that the opportunities we missed, the relationships we lost, and the connections that faded away did not disappear because of major conflicts or disagreements. They disappeared because we simply failed to make a phone call.

The telephone remains one of the greatest tools ever invented because it allows us to hear another person's voice, share a moment, exchange kindness, and strengthen relationships.

The next time someone reaches out to help you, especially a family member, do something that costs nothing and means everything.

Pick up the phone.

Make the call.

You may strengthen a relationship, gain valuable wisdom, and remind another person that their time, effort, and kindness truly mattered.