![]() The news comes as little surprise at this point a mega-deal like several others signed this offseason was reported as being unlikely earlier this week. The matter of guaranteed money has long been seen as the sticking point between team and player, as Jackson is believed to be seeking a deal which is fully guaranteed, just as Deshaun Watson‘s historic Browns contract is. Ah! How important are little things? The unnoticed things are the life-blood of the world. In a great palace, we think of the marble and the stone, the cedar, and the iron, but who thinks of the mortar and the nails? And yet, in the architecture, mortar and nails are as important as pillars and columns and beams. Thus in the architecture of the world, and in the conduct of its moral affairs, trifles are the mortar and the nails. Real success in self-government is not the waiting for some special occasion to exert ourselves, but doing the best that can be done in the circumstances of everyday life. Little things are a better test of character than great things. The world turns on small hinges, but for great things, we brace ourselves up and make exceptional efforts. Little things deal with reality, without any show and what we call “little things” are often much greater than what we call the great ones, and therefore have much larger consequences. Attend to the little things, and we need not be anxious about the greater ones. It seems to be unmanageable by its vastness, and it is also impelled by driving storms. How great some ships are! What holds the mighty anchor which holds the ship in a storm? A cable. And what is a cable made of? Ropes coiled over ropes, and every rope made out of little threads. So it is with the habits of life, good or bad here a little and there a little, as trifling as they seemed at first, they become at last such mighty and unconquerable affairs. How do humans grow? Of body, mind, heart, and character. Is it not by little and little the frame grows from its first beginning? Take them after birth. See how they grow by repetitions of natural processes - constant repetitions. A little sleep, a little food, a little exercise. Over again, a little sleep, a little food, a little exercise. Great things are made up of little things. Deepest snow-fall came down one flake at a time. Three thousand six hundred and fifty facts are not a small thing. We will remember in English history that Parliament resolved to put a duty on the tea received into the American ports. It was a little thing to do, but its result was the freedom of America from the yoke of England and the formation of the United States. Falling of apple from tree insignificant enough yet led to the discovery of the law of gravitation. Small things are often more dangerous than big things, for they can get in through small openings. A small leak may sink a great ship, and a trifling escape of gas, if neglected, may blow up your house. Words and acts out of anger destroy many a family and relations. Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.
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