Huge happenings throughout the world always take center stage even though most of us can do nothing but talk about them-usually. And the small things in life affect our individual lives, and the lives of others, and we can do more than talk about them. Perhaps in the whole scheme of life there are no small happenings. All those seemingly uneventful things-all those individual choices made on a daily basis are adding up and trickling down and affecting the world in some way. Small things can pack a wallop, too.
Yesterday I had a delightful conversation with a young, old friend, he said, “When I think about what had to happen for all of us to be here, at this particular time, it becomes a staggering thought, because it could be that three centuries ago, someone dodged a bullit, someone else changed her/his mind shortly before a marriage ceremony, and someone else made a quick trip to the general store for a forgotten item and met his future wife.” An interesting point, I said. And listened and thought of all the ways there are of pondering life.
Small happenings and endless possibilites down through the ages can bring about huge happenings.