I have no idea why… Why today?!
// October 12th, 2009 // No Comments » // Personal, Photo
I made my bed today. While it may seem like a very normal thing to most of you, I have really never seen the point in it. I have never been able to justify making a bed up completely. It’s always seemed like a waste of time to me before. “Make up the bed with all the accent pillows so you can mess it all up again in a few hours” has been my mentality when it comes to making the bed up until today…
Why today?! I have no idea…
Today is October 12th, 2009. Does the date have any significance to me?! Not that I am aware of… But, I honestly think it was something that I witnessed yesterday that may have finally “christened my ship“ and allowed me to, if not set sail, at least prepare to push back from the dock… slowly… very slowly…
This “event/thing/whatever” that I witnessed wasn’t anything that I didn’t already know. It wasn’t anything that I hadn’t already sensed, believed, or felt deep within my soul. I guess just being an actual witness to the “crime/accident” may have been the final “twist of the knife”, so to say?
And, when I say “crime/accident”, please know that nothing wrong was done by anyone. It’s just a metaphor. There was no crime, accident, or any wrong doing on anyone’s part that occurred yesterday. I guess something was just visibly made known to me. Like, it was no longer just an “I wonder if…” scenario but had now become reality.
So, why did I make my bed up today?! I honestly don’t know… Could someone else have done it better?! I promise you! It was just weird to me when I walked into my bedroom this evening and noticed that I had made the bed. Yes, I remember making the bed. I just didn’t think anything of it during the process, I guess. It just kind of struck me funny when I saw it this evening while cruising through the house…
I suppose it’s just another sign of positive changes starting to manifest themselves in my life. “Baby steps”, “One step at a time”, “whatever you want to call it”, it was just out of the ordinary for me. Do I need to do it?! Sure! Why not?! Does it really matter in the grand scheme of things?! Honestly, not to me… but, to someone it might… and you may never know how much.
As stupid sounding and meaningless as this post may seem, I’d like to encourage you to take the time to think about those in your life and the little things they appreciate. Those things may mean nothing to you. But, the happiness you may bring to them by doing the “small things” could just make all the difference… in your life as much as theirs.
It’s just one thing (out of a million) I’ve learned recently. If people know that you care, show it, and your heart is in it for the right reasons, they’re more apt to care and show affection towards you as well as give you their attention in areas that you are passionate or picky about (like making the bed up with all the pillows on it every day).
Just remember, it’s the small things… the simple things… and, most of the time, the easiest things…
Until next time…
