Little Things: Why You Really Should Sweat the Small Stuff

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This book combines his wisdom and insight into finding the gifts in life's challenges, and will resonate with anyone facing an obstacle, no matter how big or small.

Ok, the work is the product of the author. And what is the product of this work? That would be you or I. What will be the product of this book? The answer is up to each one of us. I am sorry to admit few will answer well. Perspective is such a little thing but it's the only thing that can dramatically change the results without changing any of the facts." In all Claire Keegan’s stories, there is a family. The protagonist changes – the father, the mother, a son or daughter. But this figure never stands very far out in front. Instead, the narrative gains its emotional resonance from the dynamics between characters. Within these families there is cruelty and violence, as well as deep springs of affection. There is much left unspoken. “You have nothing to say to your mother. If you started, you would say the wrong things and you wouldn’t want it to end that way,” we learn of the protagonist in The Parting Gift, from Keegan’s second collection, Walk the Blue Fields (2007). In The Ginger Rogers Sermon, from her first, Antarctica (1999), the protagonist describes the trivial secrets they all keep from one another: “That’s the way it is in our house, everybody knowing things but pretending they don’t.”Nothing excites me more than a focused search for little things that make big differences. After all, only the smallest essence of a thing can ever reveal its purity and, consequently, the source of its power. (c) Extraordinary achievers do not compare themselves to other people. Instead, they compare themselves to their own potential."

Again, it is important to note that for a time in my life, I chose to be blind. Because of that choice, I was blind not only to beauty; I also was blind to opportunity, to forgiveness, to the value in others, and a host of other things, material and spiritual. My rejection of these virtues at that time effectively neutralized any chance I might have had to pull myself into the light of a better life.Characters bring on some scenery and it is very inventive, but set oddly against big West End stagecraft" The Little Things (2021)". Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on January 21, 2021 . Retrieved February 27, 2021. Lee, Benjamin (January 26, 2021). "The Little Things review – Denzel Washington killer thriller is a big mess". The Guardian. Archived from the original on January 26, 2021 . Retrieved January 26, 2021.