Raindrops are fallin' on my head

Imagine a small pond.

It's raining.

Notice the ripples that spread across its surface with ease.

Notice how each drop only covers a small circle, not one ripple covers the whole pond.

It is said the little things that make life worth living, something I have come to adopt whole heartedly. In the rippling pond, one drop of water will not touch both shores, but every splash is connected. A raindrop on one end will touch every other ripple as a bee pollinates a field of flowers.

Imagine a small pond.

It's raining. 

You notice all the ripples sliding through each other on the surface.

Now imagine if the pond was a body of actions instead a body of water.

It can be easy to see how two raindrops hit the surface and their ripples overlap each other. For example if you run a red light and get pulled over, the cause of your frustration can easily be seen. But like the ripples on opposite ends of the pond, many actions and their corresponding feelings have roots farther across the surface. Each of our actions has a cause and a consequence, a single ripple may be small, but link them together and the pond is covered. This is one way I find happiness in each day. I don't rely on a special event or moment to make me happy, I make every moment special, each one unique. If we can learn to appreciate each ripple we make, we will see we are swimming in a very happy pond.