Day 42 - The Little Things
Note - Each of these blogs can be read individually, or in order. Its suggested to read them out loud, it will have 1000x the benefit.
Yesterday I misplaced my keys
And the situation arose where my son pressed some buttons in the car, where I wasn't able to turn off a light until I put the key in
And I looked for these keys for over 15 minutes
I was baffled more than I was frustrated, though in the past I would have been pissed, at myself for misplacing the keys.
I know we only have 1 set of keys for this vehicle as well, and I haven't taken responsibility to get a backup pair.
In the moment of me looking around the house, slightly annoyed, feeling like I am wasting my time.. I made the decision - I will always put the keys in this drawer moving forward.
Its so simple.. but I notice... The LITTLE THINGS ACCUMULATE
Little decisions accumulate
Do I wash my plate and put it in the dishwasher? Or do I leave it out..
Do I pick up the item to put in the trash? Or do I leave it where it is...
Do I place the keys in their spot - or do I leave them in a different room and thus waste 20 minutes of my life going to look for them...
This is a 'little point' that is actually the BIG point
I forgive myself that I had accepted and allowed myself to not realize that my whole life is built out of the little things
I forgive myself that I had accepted and allowed myself to brush off the 'little things' as the fact they are little things, making them seem to be insignificant, yet who I am in relation to everything is definitely significant, so I get the opportunity to redefine my self and honor my self through how I relate to everything from the big to the small
I forgive myself that I had not accepted and allowed myself to trust myself to place the keys in the drawer, in the moment of making the decision that I will now 'always' place the keys there, to have a slight sense of fear of 'what if I dont remember again' and thus violating my own self trust. This is ineffective
I forgive myself that I had accepted and allowed myself to not trust the fact my mind and body can remember a decision, where now I say - yes I always place the keys here - I can honor this and make it habitual, and if there is a moment where somehow they're left in my pocket, I can learn from this, forgive and then correct, not overthinking it just moving and acting in accordance with my new commitments
I forgive myself that I had accepted and allowed myself to feel overwhelmed thinking of all the little things I could be more intentional about - and within this I forgive myself that I had not accepted and allowed myself to realize the common sense solution is - just START - this is self direction and it accumulates
I forgive myself that I had accepted and allowed myself to react to taking responsibility for the small things out of my past programming that corroded my self trust not realizing that now I am here in present time, aware of my own ability to forgive and learn and grow, so there is nothing to react to-- this is the switch from reaction to creation
I realize that a simple decision can change my entire life
I realize that I will have a place for everything and hold myself practically to these standards
I realize that just as I want others to be held to a standard of being their best and honestly showing up and respecting their life, their fellow human and the property they own, in the same way I want that from others I do want this from myself and I can live this moment by moment
I realize that over time my habits will become engrained and its best for me to have the habit of responsibility with the little things
I commit myself to use my keys as a reference point - as the key to life - which is my understanding of the power of a decision that is lived, and this little point is a representation of the big point - which is me being here able to direct my life and my world which in turn ripples out to directing the whole world in alignment with common sense as the best outcome -- the little things accumulate and this is a profound realization to live and share
I commit myself to in the moment where I notice something is out of place, or I have slipped up on the little things, to make note of it, to breathe and to direct the situation real time - to not delay- as there is so much time in the day I can accomplish everything needed and still have enough time - if I am here and present
I commit myself to mastering my presence and awareness so every last detail of my reality can be sorted out and directed
I commit myself to be trustworthy with the small things so I can be trustworthy with the big things- like my bigger goals of changing the world - it comes from a firm foundation of being trustworthy with the little things like where I place my keys