The little things

The little things in life, should they even matter or am I petty for being bothered by these pesky 'little' things in life? I mean, some of the little things like a glance or a touch or a sweet note mean a lot, but some little things like the toilet seat being up, the water pitcher being empty in the fridge, people being late for a meeting-push me over the edge. So I ask, should I be letting these little things (the bad ones) upset me or is life too short for that? Should my efforts and energy be directed somewhere else or do I try and correct these small wrongs?

The root of this wondering came from something I experienced last night actually. Just little things said in a meeting-insincere comments to make the group look better said by women who contribute nothing except a loud voice. As I sat in this meeting with these women, I realized that these little things happening around me were almost comical. One little insincerity after another pouring out of women who are too shallow and too self absorbed to even stop and wonder how they sound. It's just amazing to me.

But, again, I realize to someone else I could sound just like these shallow and vapid women. Here I sit, quite possibly just bitching and complaining about the little things in life that shouldn't really matter. Maybe I should have the attitude of "who cares" and move on with my life. After all, there are bigger issues happening in the world right? Who am I but one little insignificant person in this huge world?

Ok, point taken inner self...I just need to move on and be satisfied that I am not one of those women and that I can be objective enough to realize that these women will always be shallow and vapid.

Good lord, I do believe I'm growing up

"The key to growth is the introduction of higher dimensions of consciousness into our awareness." Lao Tzu