Little Things....

The floods in Thailand have been on my mind lately.

Usually, when it rains, I think of happy things like lazing around and hot chocolate... (Rainy Day)
But when it rains these days, I'm reminded that there are people who have lost their homes and even lives because of too much rain.
Thailand has a very special place in my heart... and my heart is heavy thinking about them dealing with the deluge.


On a more reflective note - the contrast between a little rain being normal and even enjoyable, and torrential or constant rain accumulating and turning into floods that cause people hardships and pain... well, sometimes that happens in our lives too: The little things that occur (good or bad) can build up and become one big flood at any certain time.

Too often, we unconsciously try to brush aside the little hurts and failures... trying to stay positive, trying to succeed... but if we don't face up to them or deal with them, they can build up in the back of our minds and one day simply overwhelm us.

OR.. we can focus on the little blessings that happen on a daily basis - and let those little things build up and make us stronger.

That's what this song is about.

LITTLE THINGS by Shimona Kee

These small things line themselves
and fall in my hands
Like tears from the sky
pitter patter pitter patter...
little rainfalls. Rain falls.

The flood in my heart
gathered over time
scratches and scars
little girl it's only in your mind

Perspective keeps itself
Big is big and small is small
or so it seems
these little things

oh oh oh..

And they say that everything that happens

has its reason

I don't care how long it takes to get there

these little things won't weigh me down

down down down won't weigh me down

Walk on just fine,
suddenly it starts to pour
you never noticed before

Watch out little things
hide themselves
collecting themselves
nowhere to be seen

And they say that everything that happens

has its reason

I don't care how long it takes to get there

these little things

are not what they seem

so I will choose
which things to believe

And they say that everything that happens

has its reason

I don't care how long it takes to get there

these little things won't weigh me down

down down down won't weigh me down...