It's a Small World

AT DISNEY World there is a ride that I took my children on. If you’ve ever been to Disney World, you’ve probably taken your children on it too. It’s called “It’s a Small World After All.”

I remember well when I took my children on this ride because we rode around and around and around. On this ride you go through different cultures and see different children, dressed in different ways, singing the same song: “It’s a small world after all, it’s a small world after all, it’s a small, small world.”

The first time around it was okay; the second time around it was tolerable. The third time around it got on my nerves. The fourth time around I wanted to jump in the water and swim back, because that small world being sung by those small people was really getting on my nerves. Life can be that way sometimes.

It can seem like a real small world. Sometimes it can feel like you can’t break out and see some things happen and unfold like you think things ought to. Many of us are living lives of want—lives of dissatisfaction. We want more and the world’s too small.

Every time we think we’ve found the thing we want, up pops a temporary sign to let us know it won’t be around that long. There is one expectation after another, one disappointment after another, one strain and struggle after another, and we are just not satisfied.

We soon discover when we’ve lived long enough, that there is no friendship, championship, scholarship, relationship, ownership, or fellowship that can fully satisfy our wants.