" Most of us are vigilant when making big decisions, but less so when dealing with little ones. We forget the cumulative effect of all those missed “little” opportunities. It is precisely on those thousand little occasions, and over a period of time, that the mind is taught to be calm and kind - not instantaneously or by great leaps. In the ordinary choices of every day we begin to change the direction of our lives. "

― Eknath Easwaran , Words to Live By: Short Readings of Daily Wisdom