THE MAGNANIMITY OF SmALL THINGS

Every living day, each of us, at some point, fails to embrace the beauty of the smallest of things, so preoccupied we are with "much, more important" stuff. Things that are most easy to overlook, that are needed to be scrutinized and observed to be felt, because, indeed, the smallest of things are the most vivid, most powerful.

What does it cost to just pause for half a minute and look at the sparrows on a bird-table, pecking on bread crumbs? The glittering sun from behind the leaves of an evergreen, the smell of the earth after a downpour, leaving footprints on the sand of a beach, the feel of moisture of dew as you walk on grass barefooted... A genuine smile from a stranger that touches the heart, a musical bit of poetry that stirs the soul... The warmth of a best friend's hand... The softness as you cuddle up with your mother, the kiss of a father, the hug of a brother, the excited squeal of a sister... The trusting grip of a child's tiny hands, the unruly drawing of a adolescent... The perfection of a full moon, the hope of of newness in a crescent... The feel of the blowing wind, making it's journey to nowhere, the purity of a snowfall, the merriment in a rainbow....

Speak for yourself. How many times have you stopped and just let the smallest of things overcome you and make you happy? How many times have you just closed your eyes, inhaling deep the scent of a fresh flower and letting it fill up your inside with unadulterated, sheer joy, letting nostalgia hit, drowning in exotic memories of a worthwhile past and letting tears of happiness flow freely, like a child's, unconcerned with what the other may think...? How many times?

For these small things deserve not a shrug, a half-smile. This is no way to treat life! This is no way to live! Why do we always need to remain shelled up in our hollow sorrows, our grievances, our mistakes? Why cannot we just take them off us and lead a free life, full of feeling? We all need to let nature help us. Help us move on, opening our now-shut inner eye, revealing beauty by establishing a connection with the smallest of things we surpass without second thought.

Because there is always, always something to be happy about... And there is always, always, always a reason  one can smile for... There is always love all around, there is more than enough time for everyone...

And most of all, there is always, forever and eternally, a strange, exotic cruciality in even the tiniest, most trivial of things that awaits discovery... That is waiting to be experienced, to be felt....

So smile, and be happy, for you deserve happiness, you deserve beauty...