Life throws the proverbial curve ball at us – at all of us,
to varying degrees, with varying intensity, with varying frequency. What varies,
I suppose, is how we react to it, how much significance we give to it, what we
learn from it, what we tell ourselves, how we change ourselves.
We have all met impressive people. Perhaps, you are one such
impressive person yourself. People doing wonderful things, making a difference,
realizing their dreams. People with tenacity and optimism - who don’t come in their own way. People who see
the greater scope of things, see the greater good, rise above the petty.
And then there are some of us – who allow the pettiness of
life to affect us. I am increasingly and drearily aware of the smaller things
that assume bigger proportions these days.
What changed, I wonder. Why do things that I would have
laughed off earlier, now leave me with a sense of groundlessness? Why do I
react more to things I would have allowed to slide? Why have I become less
accepting of things that do not seem right? Have I simply become petty?
Is it hardship of sorts that makes us more reactive? Does it
create a heightened sense of alertness? And does this sense of alertness make
us focus on the smaller stuff? As it settles in, does it create a haze that will
no longer allow us to see what is more important?
I seem to care more. But am I caring about the right things?
At what point, do we begin to allow the pettiness of life to
affect us, to influence us, to take us away from the greater good, the greater
scope of things?
Is it a lack of a greater sense of purpose that drives us to
do so?
How do we define our sense of purpose and rise above the
petty? For some of us, how do we reinvent our sense of purpose (even the
thought of that seems painfully daunting, sigh…). How do we keep sight of the
greater possibilities – which in reality, may be little things – but those that
makes our heart sing?
How do we not confine ourselves to our limitations – but instead,
give ourselves permission to give validity to a greater sense of purpose and
rise above the little things?
How do we not waste our days preoccupied by the pettiness of
existence? 
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