Enjoy Every Little Thing!

Enjoy Every Little Thing!

By Allen Merritt ©2018

Not long ago I took a friend out to a quick dinner at a franchised restaurant/general store on the outskirts of town. I had been to other versions of the same eatery across the country during my travels. It was a simple little travel stop serving up ordinary comfort food typical of the American Midwest.

It’s simple, familiar and recognizable. My Aunt and Uncle love to spend an evening there on dinner dates with one another. I remember visiting several locations including one in Springfield, Missouri, another just outside Memphis in Arkansas, Amarillo, Texas and many more. While the food isn’t exactly to my taste, I get a sense of nostalgia from the place.

Anyway I decided to stop here after an enjoyable evening spent tooling around looking at festive holiday lighting displays.  The evening was a simple celebratory one meant to be nothing but a good time.  I believe we all need that every now and again. In fact, maybe we need it more than ever and more often these days.

In any case, I noticed how the restaurant put their silverware/eating utensils in a tine brown paper bag. Now, some places place the cutlery on top of a white paper napkin to the right hand side of a plate while others wrap them up in a cloth napkin meant to be placed in your lap once the cutlery is removed and being utilized.  However, this place chose to use a miniature version of a brown paper bag, which I guess is a step above fast food restaurants which use plastic utensils in a sealed plastic bag complete with napkin, salt and pepper.

I suppose there is nothing so very unusual about this, but what really caught my eye is the statement printed on the brown paper bag. It was a little message for everyone to take home with them; a reminder pointing us in the direction of what is truly important to our lives. It read, “Enjoy Every Little Thing.”

Wow!

Pretty cool, huh?

I appreciated the positive message. I respected how the company chose to direct its customers toward positive well being with this little ditty printed on their cutlery bags.  If it’s the little things that count and the little things that mean a lot, then here was a fine example demonstrating how true it was.

I love little things from chocolate to a smile to a small gesture of kindness. I never want to forget how these little things greatly impact my life from moment to moment and day to day year after year. We have to observe the little things and never forget them. It may take effort to do so, because it’s easy to see how they can slip right past us. But here it was printed on a brown paper bag!

Ultimately, customers were getting the full treatment! As they stopped for a little R & R and nourishment, they get the opportunity to stop and think about the little things which serve to get them through the day. Sometimes, that is exactly what we have to do – get through the day. Hopefully, for most of us it won’t always be about trying to “get though” anything, but to simply enjoy the day; whatever it offers.

I took my silverware out of the bag and placed the little bag to the side where I could see it throughout the meal and be reminded to take it with me. I wanted to have it on hand later as a continual reminder to contemplate those little things that mean a lot, as well as to relish in them. In fact, I took two little bags in case I want to share one or post them in more than one location.

As I write, I am staring at both of my little baggies, a double dose of “wow” for my day, which happens to be extremely foggy and cloudy outside. No worries though! It’s everything good on the inside as I breathe through a little smile pondering enjoyable little things such as peace, joy, harmony, love, light and laughter among the many other manifestations that pop up in my every day.

May this week bring you a bunch of little things to enjoy!

And, may these little things enhance our positive well-being.

Enjoy Every Little Thing!

Cheers!