"All the small things..."

Life is funny. Sometimes it shits on you. Sometimes it gives you everything you want. Maybe you'll total your new BMW, or maybe you'll get a raise at work. Funny how it works out: a balance of give and take. As stated in the infamous Fight Club, "On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero." How does that work for happiness? If this is the case, that on a long enough timeline, everything equalizes, how can we actually enjoy life?

I say to you this, my devout readers, savor the little victories in life, or else you'll go crazy. Share joy with people, life is to short to live in pessimism. This may sound like a uncharacteristic statement for me to make, but it's really not. If you find joy in being a cynical person, then go for it. Just enjoy what you're doing in life. Share with other people, and they will share their joy with you as well. So savor the little things. Think of "[p]eculiar travel suggestions as dancing lessons from God." (Cat's Cradle, Kurt Vonnegut). It's the little things and the details that push that little meter toward happiness. It all depends on how you look at it all.

So don't think too big picture. Not to say that you shouldn't at least glance at it all, but don't get so caught up in it that the little things pass you by. Life is more than a total endgame. Live, laugh, love. We don't spend enough time on this earth to justify staying in all the time and not going out to live life to the fullest. Enjoy the little things, be it a friend working hard to pass a test that he was certain he was going to fail, or something as simple as an old friend stopping by just to say hi. It's the little things that make life interesting, so enjoy them.

To clarify my argument about the whole life isn't an endgame: it's not. Life isn't just a slow, steady walk to the grave. It moves really fast. Ask anyone who has felt as though they missed something in life, and they'll tell you the same. There are little things in life to be savored, and that's how you achieve happiness in the whole situation. You just enjoy the little things. Find joy in little places, and it'll add up.

The final word? If the devil's in the details, better hope that son of a bitch makes 'em interesting.

**Also, for those of you who noticed the title, it is in fact from "All the Small Things" by blink-182. Normally, I'd think of a clever witticism for the title, but this one fits pretty damn well.

Dedication: This post is dedicated to Jei Ik Chang, a friend of mine in my EMT-B class who, despite a staggering language barrier from South Korea to America, was able to pass the practical exam on 06/07/10. Congratulations Jei Ik.