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It’s The Little Things That Count!

Life can be hard and complicated, no matter how much we try to simplify with the Law of Attraction’s positive outlook and other simplistic approaches. Don’t get me wrong. I’m all for looking at the sunny side of life, but sometimes our daily life can be a struggle. For myself personally, I’m on an especially tight budget while I try to maintain being self-employed and until I make some moola. One of the costs that I’m trying to stretch as far as I can is anything to do with cosmetics. One of the most frustrating things for me is pumping pricey eye cream out of a miniscule size bottle, only to have the pump sputter into nothingness. Now I know there’s more cream in there so I uncap it as best I can and try to coax the precious elixir out. This is a monthly struggle with the result being that I toss the offending bottle with that much needed cream still nestled on the bottom and sides. But this time was different! It suddenly dawned on me that I could take a q-tip and retrieve the remnants of the cream and put off another trip to Sam’s Club for a few days, all the while fighting those fine lines of wisdom around my baby blues. Why I never thought of this before, I don’t know, but this little insight was enough to put a smile on my face for days.

Continuing along the lines of “little things”, I was appalled last week when I pulled into a parking spot at a local coffee shop next to a car that was running, with no one inside! As I was trying to figure out what was happening, a man walked out of the coffee shop holding two cups of coffee. I told him that I had been concerned when I realized the car was running and he said that he does that all the time. Keeps the car on while he runs into the coffee shop. I was absolutely floored. I have been living in Charlotte, NC for two and a half years and I would never leave my car running and unattended, even in my driveway! When I commented to the gentleman that we could never do something like that in Los Angeles, he responded that he had been living in Charlotte for 14 years and never had a problem.

Good luck to him. The arrogance of his statement, which reading between the lines meant, in this neighborhood of Charlotte it was safe to leave the car with the keys in the ignition, reminded me of another arrogant statement that was made to me. Years ago I worked for a wealthy political “celebrity”. I was in our office in Century City and the riots in Los Angeles had just broken out. From our high-rise offices I could see parts of Los Angeles literally smoking. My employer called and asked that I come to work out of the home office in Beverly Hills. I told him that it didn’t feel safe to me. He countered with, “They’ll never come here.” So, again, reading between the lines, he had no concern for my safety, because I certainly didn’t live in Beverly Hills, and he had full blown arrogance that his neighborhood, Beverly Hills, would be shut down tight against hoodlums and rioters. I’m proud to say that I stood up to him and left for the safety of my little apartment.

So, back to the little things, those little gestures that make a difference. Scooping eye cream out of the non-pumpable holder, or standing up to a bullying boss who cares nothing for your safety. These are the highlights of our days. I would take it one step further and make someone else’s day happy with a small gesture such as an encouraging or loving text message. Maybe a handwritten note (not an email!) to a friend. How about telling someone you love that you appreciate him or her. Simple gestures, huge payback, for you and them. Give it a try!

To all my readers (Mom, Emily, Donald and Michael Owens!), please spread the message of love and peace in your every day conduct. I will try and do the same.

Sara Abrams

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