The Significance of the Insignificant
One of the most powerful lessons I’ve learned on my yoga mat is that there is great significance in the insignificant. Amazing changes can happen in my body with the smallest, subtlest changes. Simple acts like keeping a golf ball under my desk to roll my foot over, brushing my teeth with my left hand, or just doing one yoga pose, all add up to significant changes in my body.
We see the same thing with our diet. Something as “simple” as drinking one soda a day can have a profound impact on the body. But, so can eliminating one soda a day. These insignificant choices can literally improve or destroy our lives.
We pay a lot of attention to major life decisions – changing jobs, buying a house, starting a family. But, we mindlessly make choices everyday that shape our bodies, lives and even our relationships.
It may seem insignificant to look at my phone while I’m eating dinner with my friends, but it sends a telling message. When I simply stop the household task I’m doing to look into the eyes of the family member talking to me, our communication improves tenfold.
It really is the little things that matter. So, I’m choosing to be intentional about the insignificant.
What little changes have you made that have profoundly impacted your life and your relationships? I’d love to hear in the comments!
Oh goodness. You just had to bring the conviction home with the eliminating soda thing, huh? 🙂
This is such a great insight, and I think feeling overwhelmed by change often keeps us from taking any positive steps forward.
In our marriage, one little change I made was to stop what I was doing when Kyle got home from work and go in our room to listen to him share about his day while he changed from work clothes into relax-around-the-house clothes. It’s a moment of intentional connection, and even though there is much about his job that I don’t understand, I’ve learned a lot from our little talks each day. It has become something I look forward to every day!
Oh I love that, Megan! And I bet Kyle looks forward to it, too!