When I’m out and about, I often reach down and pick up garbage. Today my daughter asked me: “Why do you always do that? Why do you pick up garbage?”

I thought about it for a minute, and said: “Because it’s something small I can do to help the world. And if we all do small things, big things will happen.”

She said: “Huh!”

I love being a parent. I especially love the “huh” moments.

Timothy Velner is a husband, father, attorney and author living in Minneapolis. You can follow his daily blog – a series of discussions between the worry-self and the present-self at – thespiritualgym.me