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How Do the Little Things Matter?
The little things of our daily lives offer numerous opportunities.
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 any other social media outlet, and you will soon be massively bombarded by an overwhelming number of things to get angry, upset, sad, and frustrated about.
When we let these things overwhelm us — like Wile E. 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, actions, and intentions you and I regularly employ. They can be 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. And if we pay them no attention at all, they can impact us negatively 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.
