The small things that matter, make the big things matter

When you stop noticing the details, the bigger picture will erode, change its meaning and fade in importance. The small things matter and they are what make the big things matter.

If you build a house without ensuring that the frame is secure, without ensuring that the wiring is accurate, without ensuring that there are no gaps in the roof – it’s only a matter of time until the house will stop providing the security it was intended to, it will become a source of anguish, it will become a thing you would gladly do without.

If you don’t pay attention to the letters or the punctuation marks, then the content of what you’re writing loses its meaning.

If you don’t pay attention to the types of food and the amounts that your body needs then it will become ill and a burden to care for. If you attempt to improve your fitness but don’t pay attention to the smaller muscles and tendons, your body may collapse under the pressure.

If you stop noticing the little things that matter on a daily basis in your relationships then the big things will come across as disingenuous. If you stop investing in small moments of quiet for yourself, then the sounds around you will lose their grasp and any significant meaning, eventually turning into noise. If you don’t notice the little things that life has to offer, then the big things may become too detached from your everyday experience for you to fully appreciate.

The big things do matter, but it is the small things that make them so.

So, when you make a point to notice the small things that are beautiful, the small gains that you have achieved, the small things that are going well in life, you are giving the bigger things meaning. You are being gracious and open to noticing even more small things that are going well, you are being humble and noticing the small actions that you and others have taken, and you are creating a life path built on many positive experiences and interactions – you are building a life path on many successes.

Huge goals and huge ambitions set a direction, but be sure to be thankful even to the tiniest of pebbles that line up your path. The small things matter. And the small things that matter, make the big things matter more.