Have you ever had your day made just by simple small talk with your roommates, or a kind and loving hug from one of your good friend? Or just share a quick smile with a fellow student during class? It could even be something like when a nice gentleman or lady opening for you. For me, those tiny little things are the ones that matter the most.
Over the last week I've realized that as we go through life, there are so many things we have to deal with and fight through. Because of that, we tend to forget the tiny little things that makes our lives a little better, and a little happier. We face all kind of decisions and all kind of trials, making it hard for us to see how much we actually have in our lives. We go through our days, being bogged down by all our responsibilities, we forget to see what truly should make us happy. Just for me, take some time right now, and start to think about your week. I know...I know what you're thinking.."oh no...she's making me think again!" But seriously..just take a moment. What has happened in your life this week? Was it a hard couple or days? Did you have a lot of stress, and times when you were feeling down? If you did, what did you do about it? Did you just let the negative feelings fester and eat you up, or did you started looking for the small little positive things in your everyday?
And while you're thinking...I will keep talking. But keep thinking. I will come back to this question...
This week for me, there were so many times where just a small action of service or love totally made my day. It was quite a confusing week emotionally, and academically. I kept looking around me for some big miracle to come in, sweep me off my feet, and fixes all my problems. But of course, since this is real life, that doesn't usually happen. So, I got quite upset and annoyed as the week gone on. It got to the point where I just broke down crying, wondering why 'everything' was going wrong.
It was at that moment when I realize that 'everything' wasn't wrong. I mean sure, life wasn't going quite as planned, but hey, it wasn't going 'wrong.' What was wrong was my attitude and thinking towards the problem. I was so focus on wanting a huge miracle, I was blind to all the small miracles around me.
So, I decided to stop what I was doing, sit down, and write down 10 things that made me smile and a little happier that day, and here is the list:
The sun was shining
There was Beautiful weather all around me
A warm hug from my awesome roommate
Laughing with friends
A great time at lunch
A loving conversation with my sister
Productive class time
Homework was all done on time
Delicious Ice-cream to make my belly happy
and a very Comfortable bed...
(granted, i was laying on bed while writing this list..)
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| I love happy lists... =) |
You might look at this list, and see that everything is very simple, and usually doesn't make much difference at all. But for me, right after writing down this list, I felt 10 times happier. It wasn't because all my problems was solved, because obviously it wasn't. I felt happier because I suddenly realize that there was a lot of happy things happening in my life. They were small things, but really, who doesn't like a warm hug, or a nice bowl of ice cold ice-cream? They were just small and simple things, but really, after thinking about it, they were the only things I needed to make my day happier, and better.
I finally realize that when life gets hard for me, I always start looking for some big magical solution, so that I wouldn't have to go through the headaches and pain of overcoming the trials. But that usually doesn't work. Because as always, that isn't how life works.
There usually isn't a big happy magical solution that just comes in to gather our problems and trials, and just throws it all away. That wasn't how Jesus Christ and our Heavenly Father designed the world and the Plan of Happiness. To gain the happiness from the promised plan, we need to go through the big, scary trials, so we can grow and become our own workers of magic and miracles...figurative speaking. But really, when we fight through our trials, we understand how to overcome them, so that when the next trial comes, we can have those beautiful magical powers, and fight through that easier and better then the last time.
But we don't do that by just preforming this big magical act. We do it by small and simple things. There is a great scripture that I love:
It's a great quote, and it is so true. By the small and simple things in life, we bring into our lives happiness, and clarity for us to bring about the great things we can all accomplish and have throughout our time here on earth.
So, now I am coming back to you. What has happened in your life this week? Did you spend time looking a big miracle, or did you spend sometime looking at all the small things that made you smile, and a little happier? Was it really that bad of a week now that you took sometime to think of all the small act of kindness around you? I hope it isn't. I actually hope that in the last 5 minutes, your week actually became lighter, happier, and brighter by thinking about the small and simple things.
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| This simple picture makes me real happy.. How about you? |
There are soooooo many things around us that can just make our total day. And there are soooo many things that we can do for others to make their day or week. So lets try to be a little more open to see the kindness others gives around us, huh? And let us be a little better at giving happiness and strength for people in their lives, so that they can see the light and beauty that the small and simple things can have in their lives.
I hope that this post could of open your eyes a little bit more to the wonderful, small, and simple things in your life. I hope that you will try a little better to not be bogged down by the lack of big, huge miracles in our lives. I hope you can try your best to enjoy the small and simple things within all the big scary trials and bumps we call life. =) Try your best, to be your best. Because as always, I am. :) Love ya'll!
Love,
Q2
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