'This year's resolution is to see the power hi the little things'

摘要

I admire people who aim big - "This year I intend to paint Brazil!" - but small adjustments and a vague desire to slow downtime is as "big" as my resolutions get these days. And, to be honest, I make those sort of "resolutions" most weeks. But sometimes, because my nurse training taught me to ask myself uncomfortable questions from time to time, I do wonder if drawing my attention away from the big challenges to the small things is a form of retreat. A retreat born of disengagement, disinterest, disempowerment or, worse, some sort of emotional fatigue? Which I suppose could be down to my age? Or too much chocolate? Or the corrosive effect of having my world shaped by politicians and bureaucrats and deciding on some level that I don't want to be influenced by people like that? And so I retreat.