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Ordinary simple little things.

Don't you think that ordinary simple little things actually make up life?
They have always been underrated, and people always take them for granted.

We, humans, are complex creatures; we always have to make things complicated. But the truth is life lies in the little things that happen every day. Little things that always have mattered.

Life is not about having a 9-5 job, buying a big car or a big house, earning lots of money, or getting famous. Life is all about little things.

Like having someone by your side when you get home after that 9-5 job.
Like when you finally learn how to make "Gol Chapattis."
Like when you finally finish that book or fall asleep while reading.
Like when you ask for extra pani puri.
Like when you taste the first kerry of the season.
Like when you get wet in the first rain without being concerned about your health.
Like when you finish the game, you have been playing for so long.
Like when you pass a smile to little babies, and they smile you back.
Like when you go home to meet your family.
Like when you smell the aroma of soil after the first rain.
Like when you finally decide to take up that hobby, you always wanted to do.
........


Those 9-5 jobs, and money, are required, but they don't make up the life.
Life happens outside your 9-5 job if you ponder.

Leaving you a conversation between Rita and Dexter from Dexter -

     Dexter: Do you want a life with fame and fortune? The excitement in every turn?
     Rita: No, I'll take boring. Average. Simple. Ordinary.

What Rita actually meant is that she wants to savor those little things to the
fullest for the rest of her life because they are the only things that mattered!

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