Size Does Matter

Girls say it all the time, “it’s the little things you do that matter most”, that might be true to some degree but don’t be fooled for one minute into thinking you’re off the hook when it comes to the “big things”.

The only thing that makes the little things so important and gives them their relevance is that you don’t do them too often and, most of all, you still do the big things.

Let’s take an example, say you’re the boss of a company, the CEO, and every morning your assistant brings you your morning coffee or tea (or kooko and koose). That’s not unusual, I mean, it’s her job. Think how much more different it would be, and how special your assistant would feel if she came to work one morning and found you had bought her kooko and koose. That would probably be the highlight of her day, definitely something to share with her girls.

Now let’s say she comes to work and she’s going out to get her kooko and one of the other office workers, maybe another assistant, buys one for her. She most definitely would be appreciative but, of the two scenarios, which one do you think would surprise her more?

It’s your ability to do the big things that make the little things stand out when you do them; otherwise, if you can’t do anything else for her but the little things, soon enough it’s going to be your job. And I have a brilliant example in my mind of such a person (everybody who went to my school from 2007 to 2009 will know what I mean).

The course of reasoning goes something like “awww, he took me out to such a romantic dinner last night and tonight he cooked for me (or washed the dishes after we ate) isn’t he the sweetest, most thoughtful and caring man ever?”

Now if you’re not able to take her out to dinner, it’ll go like “common check check koraa you can’t buy for me, you can’t even make rice and stew and after I’ve slaved over a hot stove to make your food you won’t even say you’ll wash the dishes, mtcheeew, bεεma bεn koraa nie?”

See what I mean? So they can say it all they want, and by all means give attention to the smaller things once in a while, but don’t give up the day job, cuz love don’t pay the bills.