Someone recently told me that the eleventh commandment is “Thou shalt not sweat the small stuff.”

And to add to that “it’s all small stuff”.

As I mentioned earlier, I have been reading Viktor Frankl’s “Man’s Search for Meaning” where he tells of his experiences in a concentration camp during World War II.

He tells stories that prove just how true this “commandment” is.

He tells how the prisoners were stripped of everything. All their possessions, their clothes, their jobs, their jewelry and even their name. He then goes on to tell how even in those dire circumstances he and others found happiness (even if only for very brief moments).

He learned just how unimportant all the “small stuff” of life really was. How little he really needed in order to be happy. And how his (and others) previous worries now seemed so inconsequential.

Fortunately for us, we don’t have to go through life in a concentration camp to learn this important lesson. People like Viktor have written down their stories and the lessons learned in books available for all of us to read.

Hopefully we can take these stories and inspire ourselves to do a little better, worry a little less, and be a little nicer to those around us.

Make it a great day.

Jake

PS – Another blatant sales pitch. “Man’s Search for Meaning” is an excellent book and I would highly recommend it. End of blatant sales pitch. I am in no way compensated for my overt advertising for this book, etc. etc.