Enjoy the Small Things

You know, it's weird. No matter how much we have, we always seem to want more. You ever hear of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs? It's some complicated triangle thing. Well, I guess it's not too complicated, I mean, it's just a triangle right? Anyway, so on the bottom are all the things we need for basic life. Stuff like, food, water, shelter, and Frogger.

Maslow's Triangle of Stuff

Some people are stuck on the bottom of the triangle; every day they are just trying to get food and find a place to sleep. Maybe they are also taking care of kids. They don't have the time to think about stuff higher up in the triangle. Stuff like friendship, self-esteem, and candy bars. I mean, when you are just struggling to survive every day, you don't have time to worry about the meaning of your life, or what kind of candy bar you will get. Every day is a fight to stay alive. But if you do have those things, and have a job and a place to live, then you want more, higher up in the triangle. Then you want friends and stuff. Even love.

The point is, no matter where you are in the triangle, there's usually stuff above you that you still want. And when that happens, you spend a lot of time thinking about it. But then you don't think about what you already have. You and me, we aren't like those people I mentioned. We have food and a place to live. We might think our life sucks, but think how it must suck to be them! Some of these people don't even have their own place to poop!

Yeah, think about that for a second. Or at least, the next time you go to the bathroom. You can even appreciate having a toilet. Now, I know that you and I probably do appreciate small things sometimes, I think we are that kind of people. We can have fun without lots of money, or things. We are creative types. But even then, sometimes we get stuck thinking about what we want and what we don't have. Well, next time that happens, just find something small that makes you happy. Every day, look around, find one little thing that makes you happy. For me, it's my friends, Speed Racer, having a soda (or a donut!), the trees and sky, the stars, music, how much I love music! Remember the things that you like and really enjoy them. Who cares what you don't have? You can run and sing and laugh and do lots of things. Enjoy every single day, because in all those small things, you have riches beyond compare.