The Little Things in Life...

As I type this, I look outside my window - at the building next to mine - and, I notice a shoe. A lonely shoe, which has been sitting outside the window of a second floor apartment for the past 2-3 months (perhaps, longer)!

If the shoe sticks around for the whole year, I wonder if it will start growing a small little plant around it. Wind Dispersion is a powerful tool of creation, after all.

Also, never underestimate the power of a silly story. It's the silliness that connects people. War, Poverty, Race, the UN -- these things don't connect people. What connects people, is the little things. "Oh, you want to kill Emran Hashmi? Me too!"

One of my favourite screenwriters is Cameron Crowe (Singles, Almost Famous, Vanilla Sky). Aside from the fact that he picks the right soundtrack -- he seems to notice and point out the little things in life.
The little things we all notice, but, may never think about mentioning. Cameron does, and he uses those habits/thoughts as crucial ingredients in character development. Be it when Drew Baylor (Orlando Bloom) talks about his expertise in analysing last looks, in Elizabethtown - or, when Jerry Maguire (Tom Cruise) feels like "just another shark in a suit" - or, when the team of Stillwater, on the verge of falling apart, sing Tiny Dancer on the tour bus to reconcile their differences, in Almost Famous... Each line, each song, each moment, is a memory - not only of the film - but, of our own lives.
A blurry reflection of what many of us think about or go through in our lives.

For many years, I thought, I was the only person who walked a particular pattern on a pavement. 2 Grey tiles (left and right foot) and 1 Red tile.
However, a few years back, I noticed a friend do the exact same thing -- with a slightly different pattern, of course. When I inquired what he was doing, he said "it's a common thing. Many authors have written about it!"

*Plop
My bubble of specialty just burst.

3 Days after starting my blog, I found The Tao of Someone Else.
I even thought, I had coined the phrase "This is such a Seinfeld Moment!"

The point is, regardless of how minor and stupid a thought or habit may feel, such thoughts compose our unique snowflake-like being. Moreover, sometimes you come across someone who apparently goes through the exact same thing. While, at times, it makes you feel like someone has stolen a spare key to your kingdom -- it may also take a lot of weight off, just to know that someone else is going through the exact same thing!

Just to know, that many people around me are also wandering aimlessly in life (mostly) -- phew!

My most cherished little thing though, other than the coffee-bean secret, is my commitment to my black pen. I make sure no one touches it, until, one day, it runs out on me.... Then, I need to start a new relationship....

.... Silly little things -- they make life so much better...