I am Fascinated by the Little Things

It was the tiniest piece of sea glass. Most people would not have exerted the effort to bend over and retrieve it. I'm not even sure how I spotted this tiny fragment. I do not find four leaf clovers and I have only found one fairy stone over my entire life in Southside Virginia.

Yet, there it was.

I found it in my first moment back on the shores of the East Coast since my life changed permanently and completely 2 years ago. 

24 hours later, sitting on the beach again, I opened a book on my Kindle that I did not recall ever starting. I was over 50% in and the paragraph I was on said this in regards to sea glass: "Glass is really temperamental. Just when you think you know what you're doing, you get another curveball. But, it's all worth it because every once in a while you create something that's so beautiful you don't even know where it came from."

I think these little signs, these little details, these little coincidences that most people choose to ignore tell us more about our lives and our paths than we know. I believe in their significance yet I do not seek them out. I deny their meaning more often than I pay attention. It seems lately, the more I try to ignore them or over-analyze or apply intellect and reason, the more things present themselves to me. They seem to be saying pay attention and enjoy this because you are finally on the right path.

There is still a lot that is not clear to me. There are a lot of things I need to work on. In the meantime, I will focus on and continue to be entranced with the little things in my life... The little messages from God, the little nudges from Mother Nature, the gentle "I told you so's" from a friend... Because little things amount to so much more when you are paying attention.