Little Things

"Have you heard the news? 

Bad things come in twos. 

But I never knew 

'Bout the little things...

Every single day 

Things get in my way. 

Someone has to pay 

For the little things...

Let the headlines wait, 

Armies hesitate. 

I can deal with fate 

But not the little things. 

Armageddon may 

Arrive any day. 

I can't get away 

From the little things."

~Danny Elfman, The Little Things,

Wanted OST.

How many times have you heard the phrase that its the little things in life... the small, seemingly insignificant things that make life worth living? Idealists spend entire lives living for those small, scattered moments in life for a content and happy life. Artists through the years have often emphasized emphatically on the beauty of these moments, and I'm inclined to agree. Sometimes the most unexpected things can cheer you up, make your day, and if taking a look at the bigger picture, change your future... I recall lines from a song from the Meet the Robinsons soundtrack sung by Rob Thomas...

"Let it slide,

Let your troubles fall behind you

Let it shine

Until you feel it all around you

And i don't mind

If it's me you need to turn to

We'll get by,

It's the heart that really matters in the end

Our lives are made

In these small hours

These little wonders,

These twists & turns of fate

Time falls away,

But these small hours,

These small hours still remain"

The song, like the movie itself, places emphasis on family and those small wonders of life.

'tis true that philosophical ideas thrive on the functioning (and sometimes, over-functioning) of the grey cells. They are meant to be thought-provoking and without any solid answer, save for the one that strikes the person doing the thinking. But like Rob Thomas says - 'let it slide. let your troubles fall behind you.' Some things in life deserve no thought, for like the little things in life that make your day, there are also those that mercilessly break it.

Deciding when to think, and when to let things ride... The mark of a well-balanced soul.


But we're all human, and we're all well-aware that such a well-balanced individual can hardly realistically exist. Life's too short for over-contemplation, folks... Most of the time its just easier to let things go. For they are terrible little things... infinitesimal in the pool of little things one can pick out of.