Do the Little Things Matter?

Our daily lives offer us far more opportunities than we tend to realize

The little things matter.

It can be super easy to get caught up in the “big picture” of the world today. All you have to do is turn on one of the 24 hour news channels, scroll through Facebook, Twitter, or another social media outlet, and you will soon be totally bombarded by an overwhelming number of things to get angry, upset, sad, and frustrated about.

When we let these things run over us, like the cartoon coyote under the anvil, we’ll survive, but feel that weight squashing us down.

This is why the little things matter.

What are the little things?

The little things are the everyday thoughts, feelings and actions that you and I employ. They can be almost infinitesimally small and seemingly insignificant, but all together they make up the true, sum-total reality of our lives.

Yes, the “big picture” issues are important. If we pay them no attention at all, they can impact us along the way. However, if in facing them and being inundated by them we ignore our daily lives, we render ourselves incapable of doing anything about anything.

It is really easy to lose focus on the little things that make up our lives. A lot of things we…