As you have gone through life I bet someone has told you to keep the big picture in mind. Well I say, keep the small picture in mind. Recently I have found myself wanting to skip through the small stuff, get on to the next thing, live a bigger life but in my hurried search for the big picture and in neglecting the small picture I tripped and fell flat on my face. It is easy to forget the big picture is just a reflection of the small picture and this being said, it is safe to say without the small picture to cast a reflection there is no big picture. Welcome to the matrix. It is all about the small picture. The tiny details of everyday life cumulate to create the big picture. Every step, every decision, every moment of gratitude, every conversation, every friendship, every kiss, every thought matters and it matters the most. These things are like the subatomic particles in the atom that is your life. The big picture could not exist without the smaller, it is the very essence of it.
What happens is people get tripped up in the small picture, they start to disregard the small things that matter most in spite of the big picture that they are searching for. We want everything great that life has to offer but don't appreciate the process, the game of loss and gain that is required to get there. We search for the perfect relationship, the perfect job or the perfect city only to discover it is within us all along. The big picture of who we are is simply a reflection of the small picture actions. How can we expect these things to be great if we ourselves are not great? Why do we forget about the magnitude of the details of our lives? Why do we lose sight of the small picture?
We must consciously absorb ourselves in the appreciation of everyday smallness in order to become a larger reflection of who we really are. Without a grand small picture the big picture is simply an illusion.
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