We had a job chart for all six kids when they were young. One of our sons, Tom, always tried to sneak his way out of his chores or he’d do them without really trying. He swept the floor with one hand.
“Don’t be a one-handed sweeper in anything you do,” became my husband Jonny’s constant admonishment to him. And to all the rest of us. It sums up today’s Tool for Tuesday: Do the small things big.
If you are sweeping, then sweep as if this small job is the biggest, most important task there is. If you are walking the dog, then do it with gusto and bravado. If you are dealing with little kids, the elderly, or a boss who tries your patience and asks for something to be redone yet again, be present. Be aware. Be inside your life, not on the outside looking in. Do even the most mundane, routine tasks as if they are meaningful. Because they are. They are the moments in a string of moments that comprise your life.
Do the small things big.
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About dianabletter
Diana Bletter is the author of several books including The Invisible Thread: A Portrait of Jewish American Women (with photographs by Lori Grinker), shortlisted for a National Jewish Book Award, a novel, A Remarkable Kindness, (HarperCollins), a memoir, The Mom Who Took of on her Motorcycle, and The Loving Yourself Book for Women: A Practical Guide to Boost Self-Esteem, Heal Your Inner Child, and Celebrate the Woman You Are, an Amazon top-seller in several categories, and The Loving Yourself Workbook for Girls.
She is the First Prize Winner of Moment Magazine's 2019 Fiction Contest. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Commentary, tabletmag, Glamour, The Forward, The North American Review and is currently a reporter for The Times of Israel.
Diana and her husband have six children and an unofficially-adopted daughter from Ethiopia. They live in a small village on the Mediterranean Sea in northern Israel.
DIANA BLETTER 
Do everything Big, Diana…..the ‘small’ stuff generally looks after itself when you have the Bigger picture in focus
be good to yourself
David