Don't Sweat About The Little Things.

[anneasquith]

earlier today I had a conversation with a relative re they only having 7 matching dinner plates for 8 guests for xmas dinner, following the dreadful news from George Square I had 4 important telephone calls to make to check on family who could have been in the square . all well thankfully, so '' don't sweat about the small stuff '' please,

[tamborine]

I can hear you screeching away, gness. Shush now, my ears have sinusitus ;)

[Fusion5]

gness sorry about your sad news. I also had sad news about a friend today.

Don't get drawn in gness, if you get my drift.

[Mamyalynne]

Sympathy to you Gness about your friend and best wishes too in regard of the other bad news.

[gness]

Okay, Tambo.....the kids upstairs have asked me to shut up too.... :-(

Thank you, Mamya and Fusion...and I do get your drift.....xx

[janbee]

Who cares about matching plates anyway? They'll all be covered in food so nobody will EVER notice.

[bednobs]

you can't have xmas dinner on paper plates - the gravy makes them soggy

[flump1]

I think we appreciate what we have got when a tragedy like this happens. There but for the Grace of God and all that. I daresay Anne's relative ought very differently about her 'problem' when she heard the news. Maybe we all do that at some point.

[Robinia]

Practical solution to the plate problem....
Use four plates of one design and four of another if you have them. That way no one is odd man out. Sorted. :)

We all sweat the small stuff, I do, sometimes it's an outlet when it's the far bigger things are actually bothering us.

[ummmm]

I absolutely agree with that, Robinia.

You deal with the big things but it can be something very minor that sends you over the edge.

[pastafreak]

+1 for that from me also.

[jackthehat]

Tragedies like yesterday's in Glasgow certainly do put things in perspective. However, sadly it is usually short-lived and we return to being irked by the small things that we have hence foresworn to remain unbothered by.

I wonder how long we'll have to wait for the first post-St. Georges Square 'Grrrrrr' or 'Rant' post on Answerbank.....?