Sometimes It’s Good to Forget. Thursday, Sep 11 2008 

books and health , , , , , , , , , , krissyrigo 5:08 am

The little things in life add up make your lifetime special and unique. 

I try not to sweat the small stuff!!

I know everyone has heard the age-old saying, “don’t sweat the small stuff.”  I think it’s so important to overlook unimportant small things throughout your day that could lead to unnecessary drama.  A small comment made by a friend can lead to an argument because of the way he or she said it or how you think they meant what they said.  Everyone is guilty of overreacting or assuming prematurely…but really, none of that matters.  Forgetting about small unnecessary things allows you to wade through life’s clutter so you can really enjoy your days.

Things that I used to waste hours worrying about I no longer even think about.  I push negative thoughts about what could happen or what people mighthave thought and focus on the present.  After all, you can’t control others so you might as well control your own mind and remember the things that make you fortunate instead.  Life’s little dramatic elements are no longer important enough to cause me to question my every move or regret saying what was on my mind when I needed to voice my concerns about something.  Letting go and forgetting the little unimportant things allows you to look at the world with a breath of carefree fresh air. 

…Because “the ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.” 

~Hans Hoffman

 

You Can’t Plan Your Walk Through Life. Tuesday, Jul 22 2008 

books , , , , krissyrigo 9:41 am

I always think about my life and try to find reasons for some things and explanations for other things.  I’ve come to realize that, even though my mom says”everything happens for a reason,” sometimes the reasons are unclear until much later in life. 

I am reading a book called The Drunkard’s Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives and found a really great quote that conveys my point beautifully.  “…we all create our own view of the world and then employ it to filter and process our perceptions, extracting meaning from the ocean of data that washes over us in daily life.”  I just started reading it and really like it thus far. 

From the prologue:

The title, The Drunkard’s Walk comes from a mathematical term describing random motion, such as the paths molecules follow as they fly through space, incessantly bumping, and being bumped by, their sister molecules.  That can be a metaphor for our lives, our paths from college to career, from single life to family life, from first hole of golf to eighteenth.  The surprise is that the tools used to understand the drunkard’s walk can also be employed to help understand the events of everyday life.  The goal of this book is to illustrate the role of chance in the world around us and to show how we may recognize it at work in human affairs.  I hope that after this tour of the world of randomness, you, the reader, will begin to see life in a different light, with a deeper understanding of the everyday world.

Who knew that I would end up getting married to a person I knew for years and years but always thought of as a good friend because we had been friends for so long?  He always jokes about how he worked so hard to get out of the “friend zone” and I’m glad he did.  The truth is, you never know.  You can try to map out plans for your life but it will only set you up for disappointment; everything about life can’t be planned.  The truth is though, I like it that way.  If all of my plans had worked out I would be a completely different person…and I’m proud of the person I have ended up becoming!