All The Little Things

We are material people living in a material world. The type of car you drive, the name of the jeans on your ass, the tag that screams "I was very expensive and the world needs to acknowledge it" or the color of your headphones. Face it, we love to have people recognize things we have.

In fact, even packaging has gone materialistic. You know what the baby blue box with white ribbon is from or the deep red box, it screams the name and before she opens it up she already is filled with emotion and screaming. The box! That's all it took.

What ever happened to all the little things? What ever happened to the thought that counts? We've lost the art of letter writing, in fact I'm living proof right now while writing this that even I have forgotten about the little things. When was the last time you wrote a letter to someone? Our worlds are built on speed to respond and less words. You can probably type in C U Latr better than See You Later. What happened to the days of calling someone and talking to them on the phone. Our mouths are in our finger tips now. We've lost the sensitivity of speech and the power our voice has and replaced with the tone of a keypad as our oratory means.

The little things...

It's the smile you get when you don't ask or deserve it. It's the note that remembers a specific date that has escaped your mind. It's the purposeful act of dressing a certain way because she knows you like it. It's the midday hello in a day that never ends. It's the song list that says "I was thinking about you". It's the looking forward to the next time.

It's easy for someone to walk into a store and drop a lot of money on something that may elicit a scream, a hug and even something more. But that feeling will leave and the remnants of the gift will only be remembered as a message of materialism. But the thought it took for the little things will last forever.

Some will argue that getting an iphone loaded with all their favorite songs and movies on it is a sweet gift, I will argue that getting the lyrics to a song that reminds them of you is inspiring, because no one will think of that person every time they turn the iphone on, but they will every time they hear that song.

Think about someone you're with or like, think about how many little things you know about them, the small things that may seem irrelevant. Then do something that shows that you remembered them. Then you'll see what I mean. Because isn't it a bunch of little things that add up to a big thing?