Moments Not Remembered

The daily minutia begets quality.

Moments Not Remembered

It is the little things we do
That make up a life.

Big things create memories,
But daily minutia
Begets quality.

It is noticing the weather.
Asking of a friend.
Clearing one’s space,
Caring for the kin.

Big things can be life changing.
Little things are life growing.

Susan Patterson
03-2011

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Audio for Moments Not Remembered

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Discussion:

This poem is fairly self explanatory.  We humans tend to worry about the big happenings, the big events, the big lessons in life, but do not notice the small and everyday ones.  I contend that it is the small events that are likely to help us more.  Those are the ones that keep us balanced and often keep us calm.  As Steven Covey says, we need to pay attention to the important, not the urgent.  If we take care of the important, there will be far fewer  urgent matters.  So it is with big and little things.  If we take care of the little things, big things will not shake us to the core.  The little things are the small building blocks of life and will keep us strong.  skp 

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▶ Keeping track of the miracles in your life will make you feel large and small at the same time.      Earlene Grey

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Our favourite kitty, Becky Patterson.

I promised my husband that I would not fill The Causerie with pictures of cats.  I certainly will not do that. Goodness!  But at the request of some of my readers, I will occasionally include a introduction of the one of the cats that live with us.  We have four.  They all needed a home.  Becky, however, is the only cat that I actually said, "I want that one, that cat."  She is our favorite.  The other cats pick on her, but she just wants to be independent and left alone.  Becky is now 14 years old and we take very special care of her.    skp

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You just gotta' love this pastoral scene.

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Cheery-bye!