It's the little things

I can't believe I haven't written a blog on this yet!
But this week, I want to focus on it, after eating one of the biggest strawberries in my life! Though it was juicy, and beautiful to look at, it certainly didn't have the tasty flavour of the smaller strawberries I have enjoyed in the past. And it begged the question......why do we always think big or more is better?

Too often, the little actions get dismissed as not being significant enough, and yet, I know in my own journey it was the daily steps I took that led to an accumulation of the love quotient for self, that made small incremental changes in the experience of myself and my life.

Many years ago I went to a talk by Anita Roddick, the lady who started The Body Shop. One thing that stuck with me in that talk was her saying, "if you think you are too small to make a difference, you haven't been in bed with a mosquito."

Indeed.

Daily actions, make ripples of effect creating changes in our lives, that allow for an ease and grace, which leaves us more well equipped to deal with the tsunamis. Cause that's life. Sometimes we go through stages, where its one thing after another. In those times, how do we best take of ourselves? Often, in those situations we have to come back to basics - starting with out physical wellbeing - food, water, shelter. Then, we deal with the emotional, psychologically, spiritual facets.. 

Who and where do we need to go for help? support?
This is where discernment comes in. I learnt early on, that my parents weren't going to be my biggest supporters of certain choices or changes, like moving out of home, travelling overseas, so, I didn't go to them looking for approval. I went to the people I knew would be supportive of me, especially while the idea was fresh. 

Denying the truth of what someone is available for, only harms ourselves. 

We have so many little actions we can take every day, that add to our capacity to receive and give love. Most of the time we miss them, and our stress increases to such a degree, that we feel only something big will make a difference. Yet, big feels like too much, so we don't do anything and we end up feeling stuck.

What small step are you going to take today towards taking care of you?