“God of Small Things” by Arundhati Roy, went on to become one of the best sellers and making her an eminent name in the world of writing. But what is Man of Small Things all about. Man by no means is a trifle being. His is the creation of consciousness and experience, of feelings and actions. When he is part of that magnificent One (pure energy) why associate him with small things? It is so because major part of our life is made up of small incidents and similar thoughts. If these very little things are lived in a big way, the reasons to smile will not have to be searched high and low.

Special events or life defining ones do not happen every now and then. Although in effect every moment is significant because we can feel differently with each passing moment, but to our untrained minds they seem routine and mundane. But the fact remains that big events do not occur big time in our lives. Thus if we wait for specific occasions to rejoice, celebrations will be few and far between. However, irrespective of our stature, age or profession, all of us have experienced this queer exuberance where we wanted to call our bosom friend in the middle of the night and share the secret reason of our excitement. That piece of information may not be really consequential in your life but at that point of time it was the genesis of all vivacity.

The good news is that such moments of sheer delight are not numbered; they are born out of OUR DESIRE to enjoy life and hence can be countless. We may not wake up our buddy very often from his slumber but there is no stopping us from feeling exalted on our own.

But life does not always present itself in the way we picturize it and so are our situations not always conducive to our wishes. But we still have a free will to exercise, i.e. the choice to paint the picture with our own colours. When the circumstances are undesirable there are two options, either to grudge about them or to accept them. The first option is a natural reaction wherein we feel stifled and frustrated in the uncongenial condition. And most often we crib and carp. But this will not be a wise man’s choice.

Accepting things and looking for reasons to be happy in them is a sign of maturity and accomplishment. But it would be grossly wrong to mistake acceptance to surrender. We are not talking about being cowed down or intimidated by the wrongs of others. To be unjust is certainly derogatory but to tolerate injustice is a crime. And yet I am sure we have experienced such times and people which were beyond our power of will and reform. But still what is possible is changing our perspective towards them i.e. from that of cribbing to cajoling.