The Beauty Of Small Designs

I remember, years ago, on a crowded Toronto bus, seeing a Jamaican woman stumble on, clutching a bedraggled plant to
her bosom. At first I was thinking that the effort she was putting in to lug the plant around, on a crowded bus, hardly seemed
to be a good trade off. That, of course, was only my take on what she was doing, and not hers. After a little while, an insight
came to me. It was that I was looking at a thread in the fabric of this woman's life, and that she had her own good reasons,
for doing what she was doing, and that one of her little victories this day, would probably be getting this plant safely home,
despite the obstacles along the way. I saw that weaving our lives out of tiny threads, is what we human beings do, and that
these threads, although they may seem inconsequential to those looking at them from outside, should always be respected
and valued. Someone seen doing these small things, is someone still motivated to get on with living life. This motivation is
not automatic, and someone facing the on-going difficulties of living life, could become "unmotivated", to engage in all the little things, that make up the fabric of life, and come to a complete stand still. This may have even happened to such
previously highly motivated people as Howard Hughes, the famous and wealthy aviator. People are to be given credit when,
regardless of the difficulties along the way, they continue to handle the little things well. We cannot allow a longing for the
dramatic rewards that might happen, like the winning of a lottery, to blot out the importance of doing the little things well,
as we rise each day and return to the weaving of "the tapestries of our lives". Having dreams of something "larger" happening, is a human thing, as we are goal oriented beings, but whatever our dreams may be, in the interest of balance and harmony, it may not be wise to let our dreams about the future, take us out of living vitally in the Here and Now, and delivering well on the "little things" in life. Although we may leave room for large and dramatic items to enter the tapestries
of our lives, it is important to make sure that we deliver well, on "the beauty of small designs", as we weave our lives,
day after day...............Quester.