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Since 1998 I've been sending out these reflections first thing each
week--one or more quotes plus my thoughts about the intersections and
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Quote #1219 - #OurLittleLife
05 Jan, 2026
OUR LITTLE LIFE
"There were times when the pressure to achieve happiness felt almost oppressive, as if happiness were something that everyone should and could attain, that any sort of compromise in its pursuit was somehow your fault."
Hanya Yanagihara
A LITTLE LIFE
"It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important."
Arthur Conan Doyle
"Our little lives, our big problems--these we place upon Thy altar."
Howard Thurman
MEDITATIONS OF THE HEART
We are all that self-centered,
that small-minded.
Yay us.
No matter how huge are others' problems--
other drivers, other passengers,
other New Year's Eve celebrants, other
countries--
if our little lives are throwing us under the misery bus
we feel misterable,
and if our little loves are being tossed joy and beauty,
we feel happy
and hopeful, too.
We are all that self-centered,
that small-minded,
but here's what we can do to enlarge our vision:
we can look in all directions, be more aware,
which gives us both humility
and a more tempered, more complex emotional experience of
our little lives.
Shellen Lubin
January 5, 2026
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